Italy’s government adopts plan for return to nuclear power

Italy’s government on Friday adopted a law paving the way for a return to nuclear energy almost 40 years after it was banned by referendum, in what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as a step towards energy security and self-sufficiency.

The law, which has to be approved by parliament, gives the government a mandate to adopt detailed decrees for the transition. Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said last month he