Italy's new Industry Minister Paolo Romani may introduce by March the regulations needed to push forward the comeback of nuclear energy in the country, said Enel SpA (ENEL.MI) Chief Executive Officer Fulvio Conti after meeting him Wednesday.
Italy
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Industry Minister Paolo Romani may introduce by March the regulations needed to
push forward the comeback of nuclear energy in the country, said Enel SpA
(ENEL.MI) Chief Executive Officer Fulvio Conti after meeting him Wednesday.
"The minister confirmed the commitment to deal with nuclear, of which he
is a full supporter, and to determine possibly by March all the regulations
needed to push forward the project," Enel's CEO told reporters after
meeting Romani in Rome.
Romani was named Monday Italy's new industry minister after the previous one,
Claudio Scajola, resigned in May over allegations of an improper real-estate
deal. Scajola denies any wrongdoing.
Wednesday, Romani told reporters the country will fill the vacancies at the
Agency for Nuclear Safety by the end of the year.
Romani also said he "fully backed" aiming to have half of
Italy
's
electricity generated from hydrocarbons, with renewables and nuclear equally
producing the remaining 50%.
Italy
currently generates almost its electricity from hydrocarbons.
Scajola spearheaded the introduction of rules to bring back nuclear power in
the country after it was banned in a 1987 referendum. After his resignation,
nuclear energy has been put on the back burner.
Enel has teamed up with nuclear energy behemoth Electricite de France SA
(EDF.FR) with plans to build four atomic plants in Italy for a total combined
cost of about EUR18 billion. The plan is to have construction of the first
plant to start in 2013 with the facility running by 2020.
The new Agency for Nuclear Safety, which must introduce rules that allow
companies to pick sites for nuclear plants, isn't operational and nobody has
been appointed to head it.
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