Younger Italians warm to nuclear power as Meloni pushes revival four decades after Chernobyl

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Italy is considering reviving nuclear power through small modular reactors as promoted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, overcoming decades of opposition since the Chernobyl disaster. Challenges remain including costs and generational divides on nuclear energy acceptance.

Forty years after Chernobyl ended Italy's nuclear ambitions, Giorgia Meloni's government wants small modular reactors back on the table — but cost and generational divides could complicate the comeback.