Nuclear option

IN your editorial of (October 21) you say “we cannot defer for a moment longer any measures that might make us less dependent on imported energy.”

The one vital measure we must take as soon as the nature of our impending energy crisis is fully understood by everyone, including our leaders, is to start planning a programme of nuclear power as part of our energy mix.

As you say, we are critically dependent on imported energy, typically from unreliable sources.