Overview
- Industry leaders such as Confindustria are urging immediate, bipartisan backing for a national nuclear plan and say about 4,000 energy and infrastructure permits are currently blocked by regional moratoria and legal disputes.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has committed to approving a law‑delegation on nuclear energy by summer and to issue implementing decrees to set the rules for siting and approvals.
- Officials and business groups favor small modular reactors, or SMRs, which are compact, factory‑built reactors meant to be sited near industrial hubs and data centers to provide stable local power.
- The government favors a model that allows private initiatives to build SMRs under strict public control, a stance that political forces such as Forza Italia are racing to claim as their own in the parliamentary debate.
- Supporters say a revived nuclear path would strengthen energy autonomy, lower costs for firms facing high prices and rising electricity demand, and align Italy with international trends in nuclear deployment, but success depends on winning territorial acceptance and cross‑party consent before the 2027 elections.