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The Herald Scotland
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
ScotGov warned nuclear stance is costing jobs and economic growth
And he says it could create thousands of new, highly-skilled jobs in Scotland while also delivering clean, secure and more affordable energy for working people. It comes as the MP visits Torness Nuclear Power Station in East Lothian and he wants Scotland to follow countries such as Denmark, Italy and Belgium in changing their views on nuclear energy. Mr Murray said: 'In other parts of the UK, the UK Government is driving forward nuclear power, as are countries across Europe and indeed the world. But in Scotland the Scottish Government clings to its ideological objection to new nuclear sites. Read More 'That means that Scotland is being left behind, missing out on thousands of skilled jobs and economic growth, as well as clean affordable energy. I urge the Scottish Government to put Scotland's interests first.' Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association said: "Nuclear in Scotland will bring jobs and growth as well as a constant supply of secure, reliable and clean electricity that complements other low carbon sources. 'As countries around the world are increasingly embracing nuclear as an integral part of achieving energy security, decarbonisation and minimising the exposure to the volatility of fossil fuel prices. The Scottish Government's refusal to countenance replacing Torness when it retires in a few years is indicative of a fundamental lack of seriousness of policy." Sam Richards, CEO of pro-growth campaign group Britain Remade, said: 'Scotland is being left behind. While countries like Sweden and Finland embrace clean, reliable nuclear energy - the Scottish Government clings to its outdated ban on new nuclear. If nuclear industry jobs and investment are banned from coming to Scotland, they will go to these places instead. 'Torness has powered homes and supported jobs for decades, but a lack of certainty over its future puts this in jeopardy. Renewables are vital, but wind and solar can't do it all. Scotland needs nuclear to provide jobs and investment, deliver secure domestic energy, and cut emissions. Most Scots and even most SNP voters back it. It's time for ministers in Edinburgh to stop saying no and start saying yes to new nuclear.' Torness is due to stop generating by March 2030, having been up and running since 1988. The power station currently employs around 550 full-time EDF employees plus more than 180 full-time contract partners. Staff are to be given an opportunity to retrain ahead of its closure in 2030 with the power station among the largest employers in the south-east of Scotland.
North Wales Chronicle
10-06-2025
- Business
- North Wales Chronicle
Plaid MP calls for new nuclear project at Wylfa, Anglesey
Llinos Medi, along with the Nuclear Industry Association, brought together industry and political leaders for the Wylfa Future Roundtable on June 6. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the potential of a new nuclear development on Anglesey. Ms Medi said that this project would be 'transformational' for Ynys Môn and vital for the UK's long-term energy security. The roundtable was attended by union leaders, academics, Anglesey County Council representatives, businesses, and nuclear industry experts. They all discussed the future of nuclear power in north Wales. The event highlighted the 'unique potential' of Wylfa as a leading site for nuclear innovation. Ms Medi also called on the UK Government to 'urgently clarify its commitment' to the Wylfa project. She said: "Last week, I was proud to host alongside the Nuclear Industry Association, a cross-party roundtable discussion with unions, academics, Anglesey County Council, local businesses, and industry experts on the future of nuclear at Wylfa. READ MORE: Plan to build annexe in 'picture postcard' village is 'lesser of two evils' Seaside hotel in Gwynedd sold after more than 40 years of family ownership "This group, representing both the local community and industry, are united in our call for the UK to develop a new nuclear project at Wylfa. "This would be transformational for jobs and livelihoods on the island and north Wales as well as providing energy security for decades for the entire United Kingdom. "The UK Government must urgently clarify its commitment to a new project at Europe's best nuclear site at Wylfa."
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
PM unveils plans to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors
The Government is pledging to create thousands of highly skilled jobs by reforming planning rules to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors. The Prime Minister announced that more nuclear power plants will be approved across England and Wales as red tape will be 'slashed'. The reforms will clear a path for so-called small modular reactors (SMRs) to be built for the first time in the UK which ministers said would help to deliver clean, secure and more affordable energy. The Government announced that 'archaic' rules will be ripped up while growth will be prioritised ahead of local opponents, or NIMBYs. The UK has been left lagging behind in the global race for cleaner, more affordable energy after years of delay and obstruction, with the last nuclear power station built in 1995, said ministers. Under moves announced today, mini-nuclear power stations will be included in planning rules for the first time and a set list of eight sites where they can only be built will be scrapped. The expiry date on nuclear planning rules will be scrapped, and a Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce will be established. Ministers said Britain is considered one of the world's most expensive countries in which to build nuclear power, so the taskforce will speed up the approval of new reactor designs and streamline how developers engage with regulators. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: 'This country hasn't built a nuclear power station in decades. We've been let down and left behind. 'Our energy security has been hostage to Putin for too long, with British prices skyrocketing at his whims. 'I'm putting an end to it – changing the rules to back the builders of this nation, and saying no to the blockers who have strangled our chances of cheaper energy, growth and jobs for far too long.' Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: 'Build, build, build – that is what Britain's clean energy mission is all about. 'The British people have been left vulnerable to global energy markets for too long – and the only way out is to build our way to a new era of clean electricity. 'Nuclear power creating thousands of skilled jobs. That is what this Government will deliver.' Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: 'This is the Prime Minister's strongest signal yet that new nuclear is critical to the growth and clean power mission. 'A more streamlined planning system will give certainty to investors, the supply chain and communities, and will enable us to get on with building new nuclear plants on more sites and at pace for a cleaner, more secure power system. 'We need to make Britain the best possible place to build new nuclear, both large-scale and SMRs, which means avoiding unnecessary stumbling blocks and ensuring regulations are proportionate to our urgent need for low carbon power, energy security and good jobs.' Conservative shadow energy secretary Andrew Bowie said it was 'about time that Labour started to follow our lead in recognising the benefits of stable, reliable, baseload nuclear power'. He added: 'But it's little comfort when Ed Miliband's ideological approach to energy is sending bills through the roof, British jobs abroad, and denying billions of pounds of investment into Britain. 'He is caving in to the demands of Just Stop Oil by not supporting British industry with Rosebank and Jackdaw, and the man running his taxpayer-funded £8 billion vanity project refuses to say when it will deliver the new jobs Ed promised.'
