On April 3, 2026, The American Nuclear Society supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reacted to the spiralling destruction in Iran, spreading violence in the Middle East and President Trump’s latest apocalyptic threats, in the wake of existing threats to nuclear plants in the Ukraine, by calling for urgent steps to ensure nuclear safety and security during armed conflict. https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-06/article-7908/ans-joins-iaea-in-calling-for-protection-of-nuclear-plants-in-armed-conflicts/

The UK Labour Party, fully backed by the Governor General for Scotland, Douglas Alexander, by Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour, plans to build large numbers of small modular reactors across the UK, including in Scotland.

In the i in April 2025, the above and:

Sometimes he would patrol rural lanes on foot, carrying his assault rifle, looking out for any terrorists hiding in the countryside. On other assignments he would man machine guns mounted on armoured ships, watching for any sign of hostile vessels coming his way. Or he would drive in weapons-laden road convoys, monitoring potential threats from vehicles.

While serving as an armed officer with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC), Matt Okuhara saw every aspect of how the UK’s nuclear power stations and their radioactive fuel are protected from terrorists.

He spent years escorting the transport of uranium fuel to and from plants, which would be planned for months in advance. “Nuclear material is at its most vulnerable when it’s in transit,” he explains. “You’ve got to move it as secretly as possible.”

https://inews.co.uk/news/crime/i-guarded-britains-nuclear-sites-security-mini-reactors-3649782?srsltid=AfmBOoqRiXb3e-nxVnyUbfZQFWh1yrI4Qzu2h6TnMyQTcHto1DIs369v

His main point is that this would be impossible with the very large number of these small sites planned compared to the current 9 large stations.

This comes on top of other serious concerns discussed here:

More waste, more cancer?

Labour to ‘push past nimbyism’ to build small modular reactors less likely to melt down but as Stanford University research shows more leaky, causing more cancer, and producing 9 times more radioactive waste

Click on the above for full report.

Dependence on Russia?

Labour’s planned small modular reactors – inefficient, polluting and carcinogenic – will also be dependent on high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) from Putin’s Russia which has ‘complete monopoly’ to undermine our energy security

Higher costs?

Research from USA reveals ‘eye-popping’ new costs for small nuclear reactors favoured by Labour