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Motion telling govt to consider nuclear gets approved

Assess including nuclear in energy mix says ruling majority

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 9 - The Lower House on Tuesday approved a motion presented by the ruling majority telling the government to consider reopening Italy to nuclear energy.
    Italy closed its nuclear plants in 1990 after the 1987 referendum on atomic energy following the Chernobyl disaster.
    But there have been calls for a rethink of the ban, given that nuclear energy has a low carbon footprint and there is a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat the climate crisis, and the nation is looking to boost its energy security following the war in Ukraine.
    The approved motion called on the government to "assess the opportuneness of inserting nuclear, as an alternative, clean source of energy production, into the national energy mix in order to accelerate Italy's decarbonization". (ANSA).
   

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