Italy is ready for a return to nuclear
power, Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto
Pichetto Fratin said Tuesday.
Italy abandoned nuclear power following a referendum in the
wake of the Chernobyl disaster but Pochetto has said the time is
ripe for the private sector to produce small latest-generation
reactors with the help of government money.
"If politics, entrepreneurship, and research come together to
work in a scenario of common commitment, this means that our
country is also culturally ready to return to nuclear energy
production," Pichetto Fratin said in a video address to the
Italian Nuclear Association (AIN) assembly.
"The group chaired by Professor Giovanni Guzzetta will present a
draft delegation law by the end of the year to define a
regulatory path and a new governance scheme for the system," he
said.
"An Authority will be needed, it will be the (Italian Nuclear
Security Inspectorate) ISIN, which will however be
strengthened", Pichetto said.
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