federacciai

The Federation of Italian Steel Companies (Federacciai) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French group EDF and the Italians Edison, Ansaldo Energia and Ansaldo Nucleare with the aim of making Italy «the first nation in Europe and in the world to produce steel “green” thanks to an energy mix that includes nuclear power».The signatories will evaluate the co-investment opportunities in new nuclear power and, in particular, in the creation of small modular reactors (SMR) in Italy.The agreement, although signed in a country like Italy, where the use of nuclear energy was rejected by two referendums in 1987 and 2011, appears in line with the National Energy Climate Plan (PNIEC) of our country, with which the Meloni government has announced it wants to cover with nuclear power 11% of the national energy mix by 2050. The formal purpose ofagreement consists in making Italy a leader in sustainable steel production, or “green steel” For thi...