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Europe Reconsiders Nuclear Energy Policies
Europe is embracing nuclear energy with a new vigor. Even the most historically staunch nuclear opponents are softening their restrictions on the carbon-free form of energy production as the continent continues to pivot away from oil and gas imports and toward energy independence in the long shadow of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine and the European energy crisis that followed. In March, the government of Italy made a significant step toward overturning the nation’s 40-year ban on nuclear power production. In April, leadership in…