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Small nuclear reactors for Scotland? Expensive, unpopular, and not even small

 Nuclear power in Scotland: ‘Small modular reactors’ are expensive, will be
unpopular and they’re not even small – Dr Richard Dixon. The final
shutdown of reactor number four at Hunterston and the announcement the two
reactors at Torness will cease operating in 2028 have led nuclear
enthusiasts to talk even more about small modular reactors. Even if you
were not worried about creating yet more radioactive waste for which we
have no long-term storage solution and the £132bn public-money bill for
decommissioning and you were not worried about terrorists blowing up
reactors or just the likely delays and cost over-runs, these small(ish)
reactors still aren’t likely to become a reality.

 Scotsman 20th Jan 2022

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/nuclear-power-in-scotland-small-modular-reactors-are-expensive-will-be-unpopular-and-theyre-not-even-small-dr-richard-dixon-3533509

January 22, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK