Italy’s lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, has approved a bill presented by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government paving the way for the country's return to the use of nuclear energy.
 

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is preparing to launch a new framework in the coming months aimed at reintroducing nuclear energy into the country's energy mix.
 

Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to launch a joint effort on decommissioning techniques for graphite-moderated nuclear power reactors.
 

The demolition and subsequent reconstruction of a temporary storage facility for low-level radioactive waste has been completed at Italy's Trino nuclear power plant, which is undergoing decommissioning.
 

Italian technology and engineering group Maire SpA and its sustainable technology subsidiary NextChem have signed a memorandum of understanding with EDF and its Nuward subsidiary to jointly explore opportunities for cooperation in the development and deployment of the Nuward small modular reactor programme.
 

France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo has awarded an engineering services contract to NEXT-N, its newly-launched joint venture with Nextchem to develop the conventional island and balance of plant of nuclear power plants based on Newcleo's 200 MW advanced modular reactors.
 

The Director of Uzatom, Azim Akhmedkhadjayev, has been holding talks with Italian specialists and businesses about cooperation in the project to build Uzbekistan's first nuclear power plant.
 

Italy's Council of Ministers, at a meeting chaired by President Giorgia Meloni, has approved for final consideration a bill delegating responsibility for the reintroduction of nuclear energy in the country to the government.
 

As well as working to speed up US licensing approval and commercialisation of its SOLO micro-modular reactor, Terra Innovatum Srl says its reactor can offer decentralised production of medical radioisotopes - and wants to engage with producers and distributors to bring them to market.