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Nuclear: Germany closes the last plants. The League wants to open them in Italy

In mid-April, the German government will definitively shut down nuclear energy. No worries about supplies. The League files a motion in the Chamber.

Nuclear: Germany closes the last plants. The League wants to open them in Italy

The date for the end of the German nuclear power is set: April 15th. In less than a month in Germany the last three active plants of Epmsland, Isar 2, Neckarwestheim will be shut down. The Minister of the Environment Steffi Lemme  confirmed what the registrar Olaf Scholz had long announced. However, the choice to end definitively with atomic energy was at the center of a lively debate within the coalition government. The determination of the Greens, of which Minister Lemke is the leader, prevailed over all perplexity which surrounded the stop at the old plants. The minister confirmed that the closure of the last sites will not have repercussions on energy management in the country. Both families and businesses are not in danger, she said. Then on the political agenda and thinking about the future, the risks related to the plants. In this regard, the position of the Greens is clear: "the risks of nuclear energy are unmanageable" said Lemke.

Nuclear power no longer useful for families and businesses

According to the Nova Agency "making an international comparison, we also have a very high security of supply" insisted the Ministry of the Environment. The German one would be better than that of neighboring countries that use nuclear energy. The government at first had agreed to close sites by 2022. Only the war in Ukraine and the difficulties associated with gas supplies have postponed the operation by four months. The story actually begins in 2011 in another political context, where the 17 national power plants were beginning to scare after the disaster of Fukushima. With the decision for next April, the European nuclear option remains mainly in the hands of the French by Emmanuel Macron. But Italy wants to enter. Matteo Salvini he has been saying this since the government of Giorgia Meloni. Is the center-right united? We will see. However, the League proceeds, as demonstrated by the motion presented in the Environment Commission of the Chamber, the first signatory Giancarlo Zinzi. Zinzi is the Northern League group leader in the Commission and believes that the nuclear path is not only a viable path but above all necessary compared to the current energy scenario.

What does the League ask the government

Let's start with new technologies, resorting to «the use of a set of resources that can guarantee a sustainable energy transition also from a social and economic point of view». The European objectives cannot be achieved by relying solely on renewable sources. They are the powerhouses in the energy transition to be combined with new generation nuclear power. The interest of the League moves on companies. Currently «approx 50 Italian companies invest in nuclear power and manufacture components for the reactors of the latest research programs on nuclear fusion» reads the motion. Enea coordinates 21 partners, which include research institutions, universities and companies, belonging to the consortium EUROfusion to which 26 EU states adhere, plus Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine. « The government should define a long-term national energy plan which also contemplates the latest generation nuclear strategy in the energy mix balanced between all energy sources. Another game to play in Rome, before Brussels. Assuming it doesn't end 0 to 0.

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