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Windfarm bid withdrawn after Ministry of Defence raises nuclear testing station concerns

Midlothian View, by Local Democracy Reporter, Paul Kelly, Wednesday September 13th 2023

A bid for a domestic windfarm in Hawick has been withdrawn after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) raised concerns over its potential impact on a nearby nuclear testing station.

Scottish Borders Council received a planning application for the erection of a 10.4m high turbine on land south east Of Wynburgh Cottage at Langburnshiels.

But the MoD objected to the application due to its potential impact on the Eskdalemuir Seismological Recording Station.

The normally unmanned station was established by the UK Atomic Energy Authority in 1962 as the British contribution to an international network intended to identify and locate underground nuclear tests and, later, monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty…………………………more https://www.midlothianview.com/news/windfarm-bid-withdrawn-after-mod-raises-nuclear-testing-station-concerns

September 15, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK