While EDF and the UK Government wrangle over how Hinkley Point C in England will be funded, Alex Salmond has long made clear that there will be no new nuclear in Scotland on his watch. What irony then that the atom splitters, in a round-about way, are behind one of the biggest obstacles to onshore wind in the country.

At the heart of this matter is a Ministry of Defence facility in the Scottish Borders called Eskdalemuir, which uses seismic technology to detect nuclear explosions up to 15,000km away.

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