The Italian government aims to finalise a plan by the end of 2027 that would potentially permit the resumption of nuclear power generation in the country after a near-40-year ban, according to energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.
Fratin told the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview that Italy is prepared to reintroduce nuclear power as a “crucial choice” in its energy strategy, adding that the move signifies a complementary approach to renewable energy sources and is not an effort to substitute those.