Amazing! Innovator to importer in a mere two generations! How wonderful that we have been able give away such a lead in a field of expertise and the buy it back at a loss, and all in such a short period of time The success of our post-war governors continues to astound me!

KR, Stockport,

Nuclear energy, a brighter future for everyone.

Nick, Derby, England

For those, crying about foreign ownership - could you, please ask your companies to withdraw from abroad, please? Also, could you give up overseas territories as well, please?

If it was to British technology to supply us with energy, we would be relying on steam engines. We need investment. NOW!

Andras, Northington, UK

It beats tilting at windmills! Can we have our countryside back please.

Paul Freeman, London, England

Will the Germans give us the same promise of cheap long term power that the Russians gave the Ukraine when they starting building at Chernobyl?

Nuclear is a feasible option but how careful are managers when they are operating in someone else's backyard.

Robin, Winchester,

The technology to filter the emissions from coal burning power stations has advanced so far in recent years that it is now an environmentally viable option. We could reopen the pits, and remove the UKs dependancy on foreign resources and technology, whilst creating jobs for British workers.

Chris, London, UK

Nuclear power good. Foriegn ownership bad. I can't believe there is no longer a credible movement in the UK for UK control of our energy and water companies. Foreign companies and governments now control (and benefit from profit/intellectual turnover) over 70% of the above companies. Thanks traitors

Paul Saysell, Derby,

Well, this will make a mess of the Balance of Payments. On the positive side, we will yet again be subsidising the French and German consumers.
Do we own anything in this country, I heard a rumour that Downing Street, our last asset, is to be some to the Arabs as a Boarding House Development.

Leo, Birmingham, UK

Who will pay for the decommissioning in years to come? I hope someone has remembered to price this in, or is it just an amateur exercise and our children can go hang.

Charles Bockett-Pugh, Sandhurst,

Forget nuclear, not that I'm against it, merely the cost and the time to build. Forget CO2 global warming, it's a myth. We have millions of tons of coal. Let's use it. Cheaper to run, faster to build. UK could be exporting power before the first clod is turned on the new sites.

Roger Smith, Hertford, England

UK sold the Westinghouse Nuclear company to Toshiba 2 years ago, it could have been a UK Reactor.

mike, reading,

10% of generating power on 2 new sites in 10 years? Get a grip, it will take that long to get planning permission.

The big question is who is playing Poker with who?

Phil Austin, Husbands Bosworth, Albion

It's comforting to know that our future electricity policy lies in the cabable hands of the French, German and American governments

A stroke of genious!

betty boddington, morecambe, england

How does this benefit Britain exactly? All the reactors and generating equipment will be manufactured in France and Germany. All the profits from our utility bills will go to France and Germany. I suppose the electricity will allow us to play X-box and watch TV all day as we'll have no jobs to go to

Steve, Lincoln, UK

Let's get on with it. Japanese, Germans and French working on Nuclear technology is a no brainer! That plan is a winner.

Ivan Bukov, Newcastle,

Coal fired power stations are the answer not!!! Nuclear power station. Britain needs coal. Britain needs coal more then ever.

David, Brighouse, England

japanese quality + german precision & French experience - what a fantastic combination. Lets get building - at last the government have made a decision - and a sensible one at that.

james, cirencester, uk

That would be the same Westinghouse the British Government sold to Toshiba a couple of years' ago. More evidence that our 'leaders' do not have the capacity to think ahead; well done Gordon although I'm not convinced the position would be any different with the Tories in charge.

Tim Ellis, Canterbury,

good news;by a long way the safest form of energy generation with new tech;of course renewables/conservation are also important but fission nuclear is essential pending development of fusion power.james lovelock the leader of enviromental science would approve as would gaia.safer than coal/oil/gas.

Martin john Vickers, Liverpool, Merseyside

Thank you Germany. Let's get building - surely the recent Russia gas fiasco has opened our eyes as to what the alternatives are.

And given the grid connection to the River Severn it would be good to get going with the Severn bore project, which would be far more reliable renewable energy than wind.

Ryan, Pimlico,

Great! Pitty this didn't hapen 10 years ago!

James, Lancaster, UK

Thank God we'll have some real energy in ten years, rather than a Don Quixote collection of expensive, inefficient and unreliable windmills, subject to mysterious alien attacks. Or falling to bits. Whichever strikes you as more likely.

Dave Morgan, Portree, Scotland

Unbelievable, 10% of UK generating power costs 20 billion. Now compare this to what the government has paid for bank bailouts since Northern Rock -- all that money would add up to 70% of pretty clean energy (on top of current supplies). Waste is a problem, but a much smaller one compared to fossils.

Oleg, London, UK