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POWER: Edison Voices Interest in Italy’s Nuclear Company

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Italy is looking to create a new company to build SMRs, in which Italy’s Edison is interested in to be a part of, CEO of Edison, Nicola Monti, said, cited by Reuters. 

  • Last week, the government said it is in talks with Ansaldo Nucleare SpA, Enel SpA and Newcleo Ltd, sources told Bloomberg.
  • The government is seeking to create the new entity with a foreign technological partnership for the start of nuclear production in Italy, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Sunday.
  • The government is also working on a legislative measure that aims to reintroduce the use of nuclear energy with the latest available technologies later this year, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Saturday.
  • This would mark a significant shift in Italy’s stance on nuclear energy. The country closed its last nuclear reactors in 1990.
  • In Italy’s climate plan (PNIEC), the government estimated nuclear power could meet up to 11% of domestic energy demand in 2050.
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Italy is looking to create a new company to build SMRs, in which Italy’s Edison is interested in to be a part of, CEO of Edison, Nicola Monti, said, cited by Reuters. 

  • Last week, the government said it is in talks with Ansaldo Nucleare SpA, Enel SpA and Newcleo Ltd, sources told Bloomberg.
  • The government is seeking to create the new entity with a foreign technological partnership for the start of nuclear production in Italy, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Sunday.
  • The government is also working on a legislative measure that aims to reintroduce the use of nuclear energy with the latest available technologies later this year, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Saturday.
  • This would mark a significant shift in Italy’s stance on nuclear energy. The country closed its last nuclear reactors in 1990.
  • In Italy’s climate plan (PNIEC), the government estimated nuclear power could meet up to 11% of domestic energy demand in 2050.