Labour Energy Minister concedes no new nuclear power stations will be built in Scotland | Michael Shanks said the SNP Government’s opposition to new nuclear would see plants blocked
by 1DarkStarryNight
Labour Energy Minister concedes no new nuclear power stations will be built in Scotland | Michael Shanks said the SNP Government’s opposition to new nuclear would see plants blocked
by 1DarkStarryNight
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Great job everyone!
This is something on which I disagree with the Scottish government: new modern nuclear plants are (to my nonexpert understanding) good for the environment and good for jobs.
I was under the impression their opposition to nuclear was driven by their alliance with the Greens.
Nuclear could be part of the solution. As soon as I see SNP discussing things they have zero clue about it concerns me for Scotland’s long term future. Most politicians should go and educate themselves in what they talk about it’s much better for the country rather than playing politics.
I’d rather have a nuclear power station next to some council estate in the central belt as opposed to endless windmills ruining our landscape.
There’s also the matter of almost half the country wanting independence, why force the issue when it benefits your opponents, and if they win will result in them leaving and taking the power plant with them.
Sadly nuclear is just too expensive these days.
Terrible news.
Repeating the mistakes of the past 30 odd years.
Keep sending money to the degenerates in the middle east then I guess.
Hey we could build lots of nuclear power plants and then make lots of cheap electricity…..and send it down to England. While still paying through the nose for our own power.
Just like the oil and renewable energy!
What did Labour call it again, ‘transferring UK resources from resource rich regions to resource poor’
Or was it the Tories? 🤔
Can’t tell the difference these days.
Nice, no new jobs, cheaper energy. All because of idiotic nimbys still thinking of Chernobyl
Frustrating, considering the number of skilled jobs it creates and the reliable constant base load it can generate.
We have a good safety record, we aren’t in an earthquake zone… *Please* could we have a bit more evidence and science driven policy here?
It baffles me that energy security isn’t a plus for a party that wants to be independent
Not convinced we need any up here.
We have an enormous amount of renewables – both built and planned – including more pumped hydro schemes.
It will be vastly cheaper and quicker to just have interconnection with other countries and regions for times we need additional- same as happening all over Europe.
Probably makes more commercial sense to build down in England where there is more demand.
Tbf I used to be against the SNP on this and believed that nuclear energy was gross unrepresentative with what people thought
But now with the investment in wind and tidal and the power generated then its hard to argue that investment should be there
Plus would I trust Tory lite to build a plant on budget in time and not drive up costs with private contracts just like the tories
No chance
Considering [Scotland generates more electricity through renewables than Scotland needs](https://fullfact.org/scotland/snp-forbes-swinney-scotland-renewable-electricity/) – and when independent, the sale of the excess generated would more than cover any import required in dull non windy times plus capability to store the excess would obviously be in Indy Scotlands future – then clearly it would be stupid to build more costly and [potentially extremely dangerous](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents) nuclear plants when it’s not Scotland that needs that source, it’s the much larger neighbour down the road that currently gets our excess for heehaw, as per broad shoulders pooling and sharing, while [Scotlands citizens have the most expensive energy in Europe when it could be the cheapest as is without nuclear](https://octopus.energy/blog/regional-pricing-explained/)
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