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Lessons from the last nuclear power plant in Scotland

The Economist · last updated

The boxy metal shell surrounding Torness nuclear power station is painted to blend in with the surrounding sky. Bowing to the dour weather of Scotland’s coast, the designers picked a tepid grey-blue. Construction began in the early Thatcher years and power started flowing in 1988. That still makes it the second-newest (after Sizewell B in Suffolk) of Britain’s working nuclear sites.

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