The Scotsman have conducted a poll on nuclear energy and the result shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone.
Only 18% of Scots want new nuclear power stations when the current ones are decommissioned.
Actually, when I say it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone, the Tories and Labour might have a sharp intake of breath when they see that figure. They've been campaigning for new nuclear power stations.
Traditionally, nuclear, whether energy or weapons, has been one of those issues where the chip on the collective Scottish shoulder gets an airing.
Your typical Scot looks at a map of where nuclear power stations are, then looks at how far away they all are from London. They look to see where the nuclear weapons are based, and wonder why they're not parked in the Thames.
And then they come to the conclusion that they're being treated like fools.
In the month when it is revealed that the site at Dounreay will be out-of-bounds to the public for the next 300 years, and with the seabed around the area covered in radioactive material, is it any wonder that people look on nuclear plants with suspicion?
The advocates of new nuclear plants claim that those of us who believe Scotland can be powered by renewable sources of electricity are living in cloud-cuckoo land, when in reality it is they who are disconnected from both economics and common-sense.
New nuclear power stations would require massive subsidies, and take years to build. Certainly, the current two plants would be shut down long before any new plant is operational.
By that time, Scotland would be well on it's way to producing more renewable energy than it needs, sending it to other countries connected to the North Sea Supergrid.
Nuclear has had it's day - and that day was back in the 1950s.
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