Italian parliament backs Meloni's plan to restart nuclear power
The law sets a 12-month deadline for decrees on licensing, safety and waste management, but it does not authorize reactor construction.
- On Wednesday, Italy's Senate approved legislation to restart nuclear power nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster prompted the country to abandon atomic energy.
- Premier Giorgia Meloni's administration seeks to bolster energy security and meet climate goals, arguing that technological advances have rendered the 1987 anti-nuclear vote obsolete amid rising electricity demand.
- The government is focusing on small modular reactors , with industry estimates placing costs at $3.5 billion to $7 billion per unit, while about 55% of Italians support next-generation nuclear plants.
- Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said the government has 12 months to establish implementing decrees for safety and licensing, noting that new plants will prioritize already developed land.
- Although the regulatory framework is established, Michele Governatori of think tank ECCO warns of limited private-sector investment appetite, and Italy still lacks a permanent national repository for radioactive waste.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxItaly today adopted a law creating the framework for new reactors, 40 years after leaving the energy after Chernobyl.
The Minister of the Environment: the atomic energy will make the country autonomous. Now the executive pushes on the implementing decrees that will be ready at the end of the year
The Italian Senate has passed final legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power, nearly 40 years after its decommissioning following the Chernobyl disaster. The government is preparing subsidiary regulations within the next year.
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