As of 2023, Italy is one of only three countries, along with Lithuania and Germany, that completely phased out nuclear power for electricity generation after having operational reactors.

Jan 23, 2025 · Italy aims to finalise by the end of 2027 a plan allowing the use of nuclear power again after it was banned almost 40 years ago, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said in an interview ...

The public fallout from the incident, along with mounting criticisms about nuclear's economic viability and environmental impact, led to plans for a nuclear power referendum that was eventually held on November 8 and 9, 1987. [6]

Dec 18, 2024 · Currently, Italy does not operate any nuclear reactors, nor does it have a national repository for nuclear waste, with 51 proposed sites refusing to host waste. Meanwhile, 1,680 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel remain in the UK and 235 tonnes in France, under agreements expiring in 2025.

Jan 23, 2025 · In November 2024, Fratin said the government was in talks with energy groups Enel, Ansaldo and defence business Leonardo to set up a state-backed company to develop nuclear power plants in Italy. In its latest energy and climate plan, the government estimated nuclear power could meet at least 11% of domestic energy demand in 2050.

Jan 23, 2025 · The government of Italy seeks to finally put into place their aim to resume nuclear power generation after a 40 year void which was sparked by the Chernobyl disaster, with the all clear set for 2027, says energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.. Speaking to news outlet Daily Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview, the minister insisted that Italy is now willing to resume nuclear power operations as ...

Last year, Italy – the only G8 country without its own operational nuclear power plant – took the first steps towards reversing its ban on nuclear power, which has been in place for nearly...

Jan 23, 2025 · The government has been tasked with adopting, within the 24 months after a framework law to enable Italy to return to nuclear power comes into force, one or more decrees regulating the production ...

May 15, 2023 · Meloni’s plan would enable Italy to generate up to 35 MW of power from nuclear energy by 2050 (likely from small modular reactors). The plan adds nuclear to the list of low-carbon technologies with guaranteed sales of the energy they produce.

Jul 14, 2024 · Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is planning to reintroduce nuclear energy 35 years after Italy shut down its last atomic plant, in a bid to lower the country’s carbon...