16-04-09 Governments fall out over nuclear

Battlelines have been drawn between the UK and Scottish governments over nuclear power.Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his ministers have gathered in Glasgow for the cabinet's first meeting in Scotland for almost 90 years.Energy secretary Ed Miliband told BBC Radio Scotland the Scottish Government's opposition to new nuclear power stations in Scotland was wrong.But First Minister Alex Salmond said renewable energy was the way forward.Mr Miliband said:"I disagree with the position the Scottish Executive have taken on this."I don't think it's good for Scotland."There's a huge number of jobs - it's 9,000 jobs per nuclear power station with huge benefits for the economy. "Hunterston B will be decommissioned in the middle of the next decade - the decisions made by the Scottish Government mean that site will not be renewed."I think that's a shame for Scotland in industrial terms and I don't think it's the right decision for the United Kingdom in energy terms,but it does remain a decision for Scotland."