Nuclear energy push is not powered by sense | Letters

Readers fail to see the logic behind the government's drive to go for the nuclear option to generate electricity

There is much about this government's - and, to its shame, Labour's - newfound love affair with nuclear power that makes no sense (Johnson announces aim for UK to get 25% of electricity from nuclear power, 21 March).

First, you cannot just turn off a nuclear power station. If we have 25% of our electricity generated by nuclear, then on days when all our needs can be met by renewables we will have to turn off 25% of our much cheaper renewable feed while using expensive, taxpayer-subsidised nuclear generation.