Charlie StrossMay 16, 2024

UK government planning nuclear site in Scotland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9eze1dzy5no

This is pointless: Scotland is already self-sufficient on renewables. What we need is a new grid interconnect between Scotland and England so we can export our surplus energy to the south!

It's all about the lobbyists, of course:

"Its ambitions for up to a quarter of all electricity to come from nuclear power by 2050 are being led by government-backed body Great British Nuclear." (Who?)

UK government planning nuclear site in Scotland - Alister Jack

The SNP government has effectively banned new nuclear developments north of the border.

BBC News
Show threadDale Ross
@cstross So you think its less about Scotland than lobbyists. Might there be other aspects? For example, browse a casual map of undersea power links with Ireland and mainland. Could the site be connected to planned or existing DC-linkage infrastructure?
May 18, 2024 at 11:22amWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossMay 18, 2024

@elmadagdale They haven't announced a site yet, just a proposal to run rough-shod over the wishes of the predominantly-anti-nuclear Scots. (Alister Jack hates devolution and this is another political stick to bash Holyrood with, while paying off lobbyists down south.)

Hint: if the USA decided to site its new nuclear reactors in Canada, without the consent of the Canadian government, you might smell a rat. This is much the same.