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Italy Votes to Bring Nuclear Power Back After 40 Years

The bill passed 81 votes in favor, 51 against, and 7 abstentions, completing its journey through parliament after the Chamber of Deputies approved it back in June. The most important thing to understand about the law, and the detail multiple outlets covering the vote were careful to stress, is what it doesn't do: it doesn't authorize a single new nuclear plant today.

Italy Votes to Bring Nuclear Power Back After 40 Years

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The bill passed 81 votes in favor, 51 against, and 7 abstentions, completing its journey through parliament after the Chamber of Deputies approved it back in June.

The most important thing to understand about the law, and the detail multiple outlets covering the vote were careful to stress, is what it doesn't do: it doesn't authorize a single new nuclear plant today.

The law simply establishes the framework within which future projects could eventually be evaluated.

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The bill passed 81 votes in favor, 51 against, and 7 abstentions, completing its journey through parliament after the Chamber of Deputies approved it back in June. The most important thing to understand about the law, and the detail multiple outlets covering the vote were careful to stress, is what it doesn't do: it doesn't authorize a single new nuclear plant today. The law simply establishes the framework within which future projects could eventually be evaluated.

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  • The actual criteria, procedures and operational rules will be set by subsequent decreti attuativi (implementing decrees), which the government now has 12 months to issue, with a further 24 months allowed...
  • He was explicit that the government's approach centers on a mixed energy system, where nuclear complements rather than replaces renewable...

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