Italy Overturns Post-Chernobyl Ban on Nuclear Energy, Clears Way to Build New Plants

Good news! Bravo Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni!

The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 (like the Three Mile Island incident of 1979) was very much abused in Western countries by the anti nuclear power lobby. The Chernobyl disaster was a rather harmless incident and it happened in the former communist Soviet Union!

"The measure cleared the upper house 81-51 with seven abstentions. It marks a major step in Premier Giorgia Meloni´s drive to bolster energy security and meet climate goals, even though the construction of possible new reactors is still years away."

Italy Overturns Post-Chernobyl Ban on Nuclear Energy "ROME (AP) – Italy´s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster prompted the country to abandon atomic energy."