Nuclear power leaves a long and toxic legacy.

Mr Ruskell said: “There is nothing safe, secure or green about nuclear energy, and many people across Scotland will be dismayed and angry to hear that the Secretary of State is seeking to open a new reactor in Scotland.

“Aside from the brazen entitlement and the message this sends, it ignores that people in Scotland have long rejected nuclear energy. I hope that all progressive parties will unite in condemning this environment wrecking overreach.

“A new reactor would not only be unsafe, it would be extremely costly and would leave a toxic legacy for centuries. It would also distract from the vital work we need to do to boost clean, green and renewable energy.

“That is why I hope all progressive parties can rule out any return to nuclear power once Torness has been decommissioned.

“The Hinkley point shambles has exposed the UK government’s total inability to deliver nuclear programmes on budget or on time. We would be far better investing in the huge abundance of renewable resources that we already have here in Scotland.”

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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        6 months ago

        Nuclear energy has, by a staggering margin, the lowest death toll of any form of energy generation per kW produced. And almost all of these come from Chernobyl, where 31 people died due to the explosion, then a further 46 died due to radiation poisoning from the cleanup.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          That’s not soviet propaganda though. That’s UN numbers.

          Maybe if you weren’t such a fucking moron you’d be able to look into it yourself.

          • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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            6 months ago

            lol It’s the official numbers provided by the SU. But your ad hominem projection really shows that you don’t have any argument in this anyway. Fucking clown.

            • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              6 months ago

              And it’s the numbers the UN have verified. Moron.

              You’re honestly so fucking stupid. Keep gobbling fossil fuel industry cock, dipshit.

              • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
                1·
                6 months ago

                Your insults & attacks just underline your lack of understanding of politics and the castrated nature of the UN. But keep on spewing bullshit propaganda for terrorist states.

                • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  6 months ago

                  Lmao you’re the one being insulting, dipshit. Sorry you don’t understand a highly researched event and are too fucking dumb to look into it. Seriously. I truly am sorry that you have to live with being that fucking dumb.

                  Keep spewing propaganda for big oil companies and petrostates like Russia, scum.