From the Guardian archive 30 Jan 1957

The Guardian on this date in 1957 reported on the start of a public inquiry in Largs into proposals for a nuclear power station: the station that would become Hunterson A.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/jan/30/nuclear-power-station-1957?newsfeed=true

It seems inconguous to modern eyes that there were only 33 objectors, and a petition with 200 signatures speaking against the plant.

The main objections were the loss of agricultural land, the loss of amenity and the risks nuclear radiationa (apparently scientific opinion was that thee would be no danger of radiation).