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• Italy to select four reactor sites

  Government takes next steps in shift from fossil fuels The Italian government issued a policy statement this week identifying the  site selection criteria to locate four new nuclear reactors.  The first unit will break ground by 2013 and is expected to be in revenue service by 2020.  Reuters reports that Italy’s biggest utility Enel ( BIT:ENEL ) and French nuclear giant EDF plan to build... Posted Feb 10 2010, 02:15 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Italy, waste, meeting, new build, siting, law, cabinet, framework

• Italy’s nuclear renaissance becomes real

  Next steps – select sites and build Under a new law now approved by its parliament this week, Italy  will in the next six months identify candidate sites for new nuclear reactors.  The law also requires the government to set up a regulatory authority to manage the process of building the plants and administering the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel. Energy Minister Claudio Scajola (left... Posted Jul 12 2009, 01:02 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear renaissance, Italy, parliament

• Italy’s nuclear renaissance blooms

  France and Russia compete for market share. Neither Rome nor reactors are built in a day. In an exclusive post at the Energy Collective this week, I explore the progress of the nuclear renaissance in Italy. Italy is looking for energy independence, and like many of its politicians, has taken up with two new companions - France and Russia - both of which are promising a new life with nuclear energy... Posted Apr 19 2009, 03:11 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear renaissance, Italy, Europe

• Italy's nuclear course correction

  An official 'mea culpa' puts the cost of not having nuclear energy at 50 billion euros ($63B) In the next two decades Italy is planning to get 25% of its electricity from nuclear energy, 25% from renewable sources such as solar and wind, and the remainder from fossil (coal & natural gas).  This mix is a complete reversal from that country's decision two decades ago to walk away... Posted Oct 26 2008, 11:05 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Italy

• 'Eppur si muove' - Italy reverses course on nuclear energy

  The government plans to produce it on a vast scale but first it must deal with the legacy of coal Italy's new government announced last week that within five years it plans to start building nuclear power plants. Two decades ago the country's voters banned them and ordered the decommissioning of all its reactors.  It represents a dramatic dismount from being hung up on what is now seen... Posted May 30 2008, 10:24 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Italy

• Italy returns to nuclear energy

  A densely populated country needs a lot of electricity Enel SpA. plans to build a nuclear power plant in Italy to take advantage of an expected legislative shift that will put the nation back on a path to using nuclear power. Italy has banned the construction and operation of nuclear power plants within its borders in 1987. However, it isn't shy about buying electricity from France generated from... Posted Apr 25 2008, 05:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear energy, Italy

• Italy may lift ban on nuclear energy

  Expectations vary whether Italy have a change of heart? Right-wing leader Silvio Berlusconi, whose coalition is seen winning a general election in April, is pushing to reintroduce nuclear power in Italy, according to a report in the daily La Repubblica . Italy banned the use of nuclear power after a referendum held in 1987. The country seems headed for a change of heart on the issue, but caution is... Posted Mar 01 2008, 06:43 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear energy, Italy, Enel SpA