BBC Reporting Scotland last night offered a one-sided piece on nuclear power restarting in Scotland and, in particular – the new small modular reactors or SMRs.

The piece opened and was dominated by, supporters of the idea with a token Scottish Government comment at the end but none of the real concerns.

The stupid first, then the horrific risks Labour will accept on your behalf just in the hope of winning votes. All of these comments can be backed up by hard evidence at:

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SMR

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=gas

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=electricity

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=cancer

The stupid:

We produce four times the natural gas we consume and transfer huge amounts of electricity to the rest of the UK – we don’t need nuclear.

There are only two SMRs running in Russia and China – not tried and tested.

US companies are abandoning plans for them – too costly, too unreliable.

The risks:

They are less likely to meltdown but are more leaky producing more waste.

They rely on a richer blend of uranium to run and Russia has a near monopoly on that.

The waste takes thousands of years to become safe.

The security risks from terrorists and organised crime are already high with just a few big ones to protect. You’d need many of these small ones and so much difficult to protect.

There are proven higher risks of childhood leukaemia and breast cancer among mature women, especially, for those living near nuclear sites and Scotland already has the highest cancer rates in Europe.

All claims backed up by peer-reviewed research at the above links.