Italy reverses decades-old nuclear policy amid energy concerns
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Italy’s Senate passed a law on November 23 allowing the country to build new nuclear power plants, reversing a 40-year policy of phasing out nuclear energy.
Political leaders in Italy made this decision alongside other European nations due to concerns about energy supply and rising prices. France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Belgium are also moving to build or maintain nuclear power plants.
Germany, which shut down all its nuclear plants in 2023, is also reconsidering its approach due to high energy costs impacting industries. The new Italian law enables the government to develop regulations for constructing new plants, including small modular reactors. Italy originally abandoned nuclear power following the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986.
