Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies, which approved the law-delega in first reading on Thursday, June 4, 2026, passed the text by 155 votes to 86 and sent it to the Senate for final approval.
- The law gives the government 12 months to write implementing decrees that will define licensing, safety oversight, waste management and fuel rules needed to evaluate new-generation reactors.
- The text explicitly targets small modular reactors (SMR) and advanced modular reactors (AMR), requires decommissioning of legacy plants, and proposes a reorganized national authority to oversee nuclear safety.
- The bill sets site-selection rules that let municipalities self-nominate, offers initial funding of €60 million for 2027–2029 for planning and information, and includes compensation measures for host territories.
- Officials project first operational new-generation plants possibly in the mid-2030s but stress large uncertainties over international technology maturity, ISIN licensing, supply chains, legal challenges and local consent.