The government in Italy wants to reintroduce “new generation nuclear power” to the country, following a popular referendum that banned the use of the technology in 1987.
The Meloni government wants all procedures to be expedited, starting with Matteo Salvini’s League, which considers the matter of primary importance. The Minister of Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Piqueto Fratin, himself confirmed the news, adding that the relevant draft law is already being drawn up in Rome.
In the context of the Ambrogetti Economic Forum, on Lake Como, the minister in charge of economic development, Adolfo Urso, added that the creation of a new company – also with the participation of foreign companies – is planned with the aim of producing in Italy “third, advanced generation nuclear energy” . “Our country is now the only one that does not produce nuclear energy,” Urso added, as Deutsche Welle points out.
The Meloni government is said to have started contacts with the company Ansaldo Energia, which is largely owned by the Italian Deposit and Loan Fund, with the electricity group Enel and with the company Newcleo, which specializes in small reactors, in order to achieve the goal. new generation. There is an intention, at the same time, to develop cooperation with international investors.
Italy: The government has made up its mind, environmentalists are reacting
“I consider that one of the main obligations of our government is to bring Italy back into the context of the modern era, productivity and environmental sustainability, giving a boost to the nuclear energy sector,” said Matteo Salvini, Minister of Transport and Vice President of the government. The secretary of the League, speaking at the Ambrozetti Forum, underlined that “if a new referendum were held today, those who wish to produce and use nuclear energy would win” and attributed the negative result of the past to the impact and psychological consequences of the Chernobyl tragedy.
The position of the Italian ecologists, however, does not change. They continue to be negative and say they are ready to fight, with the aim of being able to substantially increase investment in favor of renewable energy sources.
Source: ot.gr
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