Industry
New Nuclear in Scotland
Scotland deserves the jobs, investment and power that comes with new nuclear.
All Nuclear Industry Association members and Scottish nuclear professionals – active and retired – who want to support new nuclear in Scotland, with the thousands of highly-skilled jobs and the multi-million pounds of investment it brings, whilst ensuring Scotland’s energy security, please get in touch at [email protected]
2026 Scottish Nuclear Manifesto
The NIA has launched the Scotland Manifesto, which sets out a clear plan to:
✅ Lift the ban on new nuclear in Scotland
✅ Back Scottish companies to win work on projects in England and Wales
✅ Include new nuclear in the Energy Skills Passport and invest in skills and training for Scottish workers
Read the Manifesto here 
Why Scotland Needs Nuclear Power
Nuclear energy has saved more carbon than any other energy source in Scottish history. Torness, Scotland’s last remaining nuclear station, is the single largest, cleanest, and most reliable energy source in the nation, generating:
➤ Enough electricity to power every home in Scotland for ~30 years
➤ 17% of Scotland’s energy from 1/10th of a square mile
➤ Avoiding 101m tonnes of CO2 emissions (when compared to direct emissions of combined cycle gas turbines)
➤ Helping give South Scotland cleaner power than North Scotland according to grid operator NESO.
Nuclear = Jobs
Currently nuclear in Scotland provides 5,413 jobs – 30% of these are in some of the most deprived and rural areas.
Torness has generated £16.1 billion lifetime addition to the Scottish economy, including:
➤ £1.1 billion in wages since 2007
➤ £339 million in business rates
➤ £0 in public subsidy
➤ 750 full time jobs + outage spend
An Opportunity Lost
Because of the nuclear ban in Scotland, England has added 88 times more nuclear jobs than Scotland since 2014.
That’s 43,000 new jobs in England versus 490 in Scotland. If Scotland had kept pace with England, this number could have been 5,000 new high-value, skilled jobs.
Additionally, Scotland currently is facing record high energy bills, an issue that could have been reduced with nuclear energy. When Torness power station had a life extension, it cut bills by up to £70 per household.
In 2021, the Welsh Government secured a Memorandum of Understanding with the SZC consortium, potentially unlocking £900 million in investment and up to 4,700 jobs. There is no equivalent in Scotland.
