Tag Archives: Scotland

Nuclear warning: Scotland’s radioactive emergency response under threat via RT

Posted on 2014/12/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Scotland could become unable to respond quickly to nuclear emergencies if staff cuts go ahead at a radiation monitoring station, a source claims. The Glasgow-based Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) is the only facility capable of detecting … Continue reading →

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Scottish renewable energy overtakes nuclear in 2014 via edie.net

Posted on 2014/11/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Scotland has broken renewable energy generation records, producing 10.3TWh of electricity in the first half of 2014 and overtaking nuclear as the country’s main source of power. According to new independent figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy in October to Power Every Home via ThinkProgress (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2014/11/09 by norma field

ccording to new numbers published by WWF Scotland this week, wind turbines generated enough electricity in October to power 3,045,000 homes in the U.K. — more than enough for all the homes in Scotland. Referring to it as a “bumper … Continue reading →

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Scots taxpayers face multi-billion pound bill for nuclear weapons if plans to renew Trident are backed warns minister via The Daily Record

Posted on 2014/08/06 by norma field

VETERANS Minister Keith Brown says renewal would impact on conventional forces and cash would be better spent tackling poverty.[…] The UK Government is due to make a decision about renewing the programme in 2016. The Scottish Government has set out … Continue reading →

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Fears raised over cross-country plan for nuclear waste transport via Herald Scotland

Posted on 2014/07/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A NUCLEAR energy company’s plan to change the rules so it can ship radioactive waste across Scotland’s central belt has been condemned as a “nightmare vision”. he French nuclear firm EDF Energy is applying for new authorisations to allow radioactive … Continue reading →

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Nuclear convoy in Glasgow after midnight via Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Posted on 2014/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A convoy of more than 20 military vehicles drove through the centre of Glasgow on the M74 shortly after midnight last night. The convoy included four special lorries which transport Trident nuclear bombs. The convoy was stopped for one hour … Continue reading →

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Fears raised over cross-country plan for nuclear waste transport via The Herald

Posted on 2014/07/06 by norma field

The French nuclear firm EDF Energy is applying for new authorisations to allow radioactive waste to be transported by road between its two nuclear power stations at Hunterston in North Ayrshire and Torness in East Lothian. Critics say this will … Continue reading →

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Scotland goes from nuclear to wind and waves via DW

Posted on 2012/10/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The sparsely populated region of Caithness in northern Scotland once relied heavily on the development of nuclear energy for electric power and for job creation. Now wind and wave energy are set to take over. A ferry has docked at … Continue reading →

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Nuclear weapons ‘outlawed’ in an independent Scotland, says Salmond via BBC News

Posted on 2012/10/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The leader of the SNP has said that if his party won power in an independent government it would make nuclear weapons illegal. Alex Salmond told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that Trident, which currently resides at Faslane Naval base … Continue reading →

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