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Using Scotland’s revenue to build massively subsidised nuclear energy in England? I’d be more worried about the awful risks clearly identified in the World’s No 1 medical research journal

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In the Herald yesterday, the above. They will, of course, do just what Keith Brown fears but I have to say, I’d be more worried about the health consequences than the theft of Scottish revenue. From the Lancet in July 2026: The Lancet is one of the world’s most highly respected and influential general medical journals. Latest Journal Impact Factor (JIF): 109.0 (2025 JCR, released June 2026, based on 2025 citation data). This is a significant increase from 88.5 the previous year. It ranks #1 in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category (Q1), ahead of competitors like the New England … Continue reading Using Scotland’s revenue to build massively subsidised nuclear energy in England? I’d be more worried about the awful risks clearly identified in the World’s No 1 medical research journal

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Local concerns over ‘mini-Chernobyl’ radioactive site demolition in US echo UK MoD plans to decommission at least 7 nuclear subs in Fife, with houses less than 1 mile away and downwind, by methods 1 000 times more dangerous than US methods

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From Inside Climate News, yesterday: Boeing has almost completed the demolition of five buildings at its infamous Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, even as concerns mount among nearby families about potential health harms. The buildings at the former Rocketdyne facility—where one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history took place in 1959—were once used for Cold War-era nuclear energy research. Larry Yee, the former chair of the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board, on Wednesday called the site “a mini Chernobyl in our backyard.” Despite a groundswell of concerns about the process, the SSFL demolition at the … Continue reading Local concerns over ‘mini-Chernobyl’ radioactive site demolition in US echo UK MoD plans to decommission at least 7 nuclear subs in Fife, with houses less than 1 mile away and downwind, by methods 1 000 times more dangerous than US methods

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This is not the plot from the latest apocalyptic fiction release nor a scene from a doomsday movie

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In thelimbic yesterday: An improvised nuclear device detonates in a major city. Within seconds, the blast and thermal wave kill tens of thousands. But a second wave of casualties begins to appear at hospitals with mild nausea and fatigue in the days that follow. They do not realise they could be dying. Neither do their doctors. This is not the plot from the latest apocalyptic fiction release or a scene from a doomsday movie but a scenario dramatically outlined in a discussion paper for the American Society of Hematology’s top journal Blood [link here]. The aim? To prepare haematologists and … Continue reading This is not the plot from the latest apocalyptic fiction release nor a scene from a doomsday movie

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At last, a Labour MP sees how dangerous Labour’s nuclear energy policy is

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Well, I suppose it’s good to see this, even if a little later and on contrary tack at times to our earlier predictions. First, from the high-status Foreign Policy on January 20th 2025: 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 For the United States—a country that, especially under incoming President-elect Donald Trump, aspires to be not only energy secure but energy dominant—one energy insecurity problem remains, which could dog the development of a key source … Continue reading At last, a Labour MP sees how dangerous Labour’s nuclear energy policy is

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California researchers find auto-immune disorders FOUR times as high near a place like Dounreay

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Debrief two days ago: A new study published in Risk Analysis found that residents living within five miles of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory reported autoimmune disorders at more than four times the rate of those living 11 to 15 miles away. Located in the Simi Hills northwest of Los Angeles, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory hosted rocket engine testing from 1949 to 2006 and nuclear reactor operations from 1953 to 1980. In 1959, a partial meltdown occurred at the site, which later became associated with radioactive and chemical contamination in … Continue reading California researchers find auto-immune disorders FOUR times as high near a place like Dounreay

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Ten countries already routinely issue iodine tablets to those near nuclear facilities but with the highest cancer rates in world, Scotland, dependent on Westminster laws, cannot

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From the York Daily Record, two days ago: The Pennsylvania Department of Health will be distributing free potassium iodide (KI) tablets to those York County residents that live, learn or work within 10 miles of the Peach Bottom power plant.  According to the York County Office of Emergency Management, the distribution will take place between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Peach Bottom Recreation Center located at 5 Pendyrus St. in Delta.  KI helps protect the thyroid gland against harmful radioactive iodine in the unlikely event of a radiological emergency. Taking KI tablets, when directed by emergency response officials, helps reduce the risk of thyroid cancer … Continue reading Ten countries already routinely issue iodine tablets to those near nuclear facilities but with the highest cancer rates in world, Scotland, dependent on Westminster laws, cannot

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Public Health Professor’s message for Scottish Labour’s nuclear plans – ‘I personally would not live near a nuclear power plant’

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Chatgpt image (copyright-free) based on photographs of the nuclear waste storage in Plymouth USA From the Plymouth Independent, two days ago: The 1972 opening of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant might have been the worst thing to happen in Plymouth’s long history. It ushered in an era of fool’s gold prosperity that, over time, exacted a steep price on what was a quintessential sleepy town. Today, Pilgrim’s lingering side effects – including more than five dozen casks filled with radioactive waste at the ocean’s edge – offer a cautionary lesson for those who believe building a new, albeit smaller, reactor is an idea worth … Continue reading Public Health Professor’s message for Scottish Labour’s nuclear plans – ‘I personally would not live near a nuclear power plant’

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Environment body admits Dounreay (Caithness) decades-long nuclear leak cannot EVER be cleaned up

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The above, which I missed 15 years ago, popped up in social media recently to shock me with the candour of the headline. More on it below, after this. Last October 2025 we had: Inspectors raise Scottish nuclear plant with excess child leukaemia risk to an ‘enhanced level of regulatory attention for safety because of unsatisfactory site performance across numerous areas’ with 300 years to go until it’s ‘safe’ From the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s annual report on Great Britain’s nuclear industry October 2025, page 28: In July 2024, we increased NRS Dounreay to an enhanced level of regulatory attention for safety because … Continue reading Environment body admits Dounreay (Caithness) decades-long nuclear leak cannot EVER be cleaned up

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Will former Modern Studies teacher and Labour Junior Minister for Energy now accept this final demolition of the case for nuclear energy from the London-based top medical journal in the world and accept that SNP policy has been factually correct all along?

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I’m going to have to have a serious word with some of the 11 0000 plus folk following us on xtwitter. I posted the basic details of this earlier with a request to ‘share, share and share again.’ Only 25 have. I got 472 shares on a post about Prestwick Airport profits! Junior Energy Secretary under Ed Milliband, Michael Shanks (above) used to teach Modern Studies, so he’ll know all about referencing and basing your conclusions on reliable facts. So, made more tasty, with Michael above, here are the facts, irrefutable, again. Pay attention Michael! The Lancet is one of … Continue reading Will former Modern Studies teacher and Labour Junior Minister for Energy now accept this final demolition of the case for nuclear energy from the London-based top medical journal in the world and accept that SNP policy has been factually correct all along?

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‘The false promise of nuclear power’ – a devastating and final demolition of the case for nuclear energy from the Lancet, the top medical journal in the world

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The Lancet is one of the world’s most highly respected and influential general medical journals. Latest Journal Impact Factor (JIF): 109.0 (2025 JCR, released June 2026, based on 2025 citation data). This is a significant increase from 88.5 the previous year. It ranks #1 in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category (Q1), ahead of competitors like the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In the Lancet today: By focusing narrowly on reactor operations, portraying reactor hazards as “extremely small”, and ignoring nuclear energy’s other dangers, Talha Burki’s World Report1 supports the mendacious narrative that nuclear power is a “safe, clean, and … Continue reading ‘The false promise of nuclear power’ – a devastating and final demolition of the case for nuclear energy from the Lancet, the top medical journal in the world