(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 2 - Environment and Energy Security
Minister Gilberto Pichetto said Thursday that the government
aims to pass the necessary legislation to make Italy's return to
nuclear power possible by the end of the current parliamentary
term.
Italy closed its nuclear plants in 1990 after the 1987
referendum on atomic energy following the Chernobyl disaster.
However, Premier Giorgia Meloni's administration says this
policy should be revised, given that nuclear energy has a low
carbon footprint and there is a need to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to meet European and international targets for
combating the climate crisis.
The country is also looking to boost its energy security
following the war caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
(ANSA).