Italian PM Meloni plans to lift the country's four-decade nuclear ban, with legislation expected this summer targeting small modular reactors to reduce reliance on energy import…
Italian PM Meloni plans to lift the country's four-decade nuclear ban, with legislation expected this summer targeting small modular reactors to reduce reliance on energy imports. Nuclear power remains divisive in Italy after referendums in…
Assessment
Italy has banned nuclear power for four decades, surviving two referendums that rejected it. Meloni's push to reverse that with small modular reactors faces entrenched political and public opposition. The summer legislation will test if energy import dependency can outweigh decades of anti-nuclear consensus. Approval would signal a major European energy realignment.