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An example of a pioneering power plant that uses hydrogen as a source of power is the BP and Scottish and Southern Energy plant in Peterhead, Scotland, which intends to produce electricity to power 250,000 houses.25 In addition, Siemens is building a hydrogen-powered plant in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 

Thackray, Atoms and Powers, pp. viii and 280-1 Donovan, Scottish Responses to the New Chemistry of Tavoisier , pp. 237-8. 

In early 1997, headlines around the world reported the successful cloning of a sheep by Scottish scientists, followed at intervals by reports of cloning of other animals. Such striking examples of the power of the techniques for manipulating DNA sparked enormous amounts of discussion. In this chapter, we will focus our attention on some of the most important methods used in biotechnology. 

After an initial failed attempt to privatize nuclear power with the rest of the British electricity industry in 1990, the government put the nuclear stations into two state-owned companies. Nuclear Electric for the English and Welsh stations, and Scottish Nuclear for the Scottish stations. In 1995 the more modern advanced gas cooled reactor (AGR) stations plus the new pressurized water reactor (PWR) at Sizewell were privatized in the form of a new company, British Energy pic. The older Magnox reactors were retained in a company called Magnox Electric. 

The watt is used to measure power or the rate of doing work. One watt is a power of 1 joule per second. It is named after the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819). 

However, the government s time scale for privatization was aggressive, and concerns over the potential nuclear liabilities could not be resolved within the time that had been allotted. Consequently, at a late stage in the process, the govermnent decided to withdraw all nuclear power stations from the sale of the CEGB. The nuclear stations in England and Wales were to remain within the ownership of the govermnent under a new publicly owned company called Nuclear Electric, while the nuclear power stations in Scotland would be transferred to a newly created all-nuclear company called Scottish Nuclear. 

Fears over the effects of privatization on nuclear safety have been responsible for some of the concerns about electricity privatization. In 1995, the former director of safety at Scottish Nuclear, Richard Killick, claimed that Low morale, overworked operators, and the rush to reduce costs before privatization posed a threat of a significant reduction in safety [and that] privatization would erode safety culture (The Herald, 1993). Criticism of nuclear safety was also leveled against Nuclear Electric following an incident at the Wylfa Twin Magnox Power Stations in 1993 (Safety Management, 1995). In this incident, reactor operation was allowed to continue even though safety had clearly been compromised. However, Nuclear Electric denied that commercial considerations played any part in the decision to defer shutdown. 

U.K. Department of Trade and Industry and the Scottish Office (1995), The Prospects of Nuclear Power in the UK, White Paper Cm. 2860, London, HMSO. 

This prototype wave-power plant on the Scottish island of Islay was constructed by building a concrete water column across a natural gully on the shoreline. Waves flowing in and out of the gully cause water in the column to move up and down. As the water moves up 5 it compresses the air above and forces it through a wide tube at the back of the water column. As the water moves down, air is drawn into the water column. 

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