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Italian Senate passes bill to bring back nuclear power after 40 years
The Italian Senate on 23 September passed the 'sustainable nuclear energy enabling bill' by 81 votes to 51 with 7 abstentions, confirming Italy's return to nuclear power about 40 years after it abandoned the technology in a 1987 referendum. The bill empowers the government to issue decrees on the construction and operation of nuclear facilities, including small modular reactors (SMRs), with new nuclear generation projected to start as early as the mid-2030s. The background is Italy's heavy dependence on energy imports and the surge in power demand from AI data centres. No new announcements on follow-up decrees were confirmed between 27 and 28 September.
Sources: newspim.comnews.nate.com