Energie: 40 Jahre nach dem Atomausstieg: Italien ebnet den Weg für neue Reaktoren
1987 stimmten die Italiener nach dem Unglück von Tschernobyl gegen die Kernkraft. Heute ist Ministerpräsidentin Giorgia Meloni dabei, sie wieder einzuführen. Sie will hohe Stromkosten im Land senken.
Italy’s government is pushing to re-enter the realm of nuclear energy, 40 years after abandoning it. To achieve this, they are pushing a law through parliament that will establish a legal framework for new generation nuclear power, particularly for technologies like Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR).
The government calls this approach "sustainable nuclear energy." In early June, the law was approved by the Chamber of Deputies, and the Senate commission also voted in favor before the summer break. The legislation is slated for a vote in September. Following this, parliament would need to draft concrete laws to implement the nuclear energy comeback.
This would see Italy reintroduce nuclear power, 40 years after the Chernobyl reactor disaster in 1987 prompted the Italian public to vote for nuclear disengagement in a referendum. Italy had exited the nuclear energy arena about a quarter-century before Germany. However, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni argues that the return would mark a "turning point for Italy’s competitiveness."
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