In 2023, more than 65 percent of
Slovenian citizens are in favor of nuclear power, the
investments needed to build the second large reactor at the
Krško power plant, and to initiate in the meantime studies for
the subsequent realization of the so-called Small modular
reactors, which are less powerful but less costly and faster to
build. This is what emerged this morning during a conference in
Gorica organized by Confindustria Alto Adriatico and Slovenian
Regional Economic Union SDZG-URES.
This policy is appreciated by Michelangelo Agrusti, president
of Confindustria Alto Adriatico, who believes that "the nuclear
power we have today is extraordinarily safe; there is no need to
wait for the 27th generation to feel safe. In Italy, however -
he added - we are still struggling to reverse a hostile
sentiment; we live in the only c world that promoted two
referendums in the aftermath of disasters that did not concern
us, chasing a feeling of fear. And we are way behind schedule."
Agrusti added that implementing Krško, which even in FVG has
created fears, is wise. "I proposed to the region to establish
an interlocution with Slovenia to see if some kind of
co-partnership was possible in the expansion; in a logic of
partnership, of operational proximity," he concluded, "it would
have been an operation from which we could have all benefited.
Now, associations of the Confindustrial system, such as
Federacciai (Steel Industry Federation), have taken action
beyond the border to have energy at a lower cost. These are the
real collaborations that should be activated."
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