Italy is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), being one of the 44 listed countries needed to sign and ratify for the CTBT to enter into force.
The Italian government completed its first three nuclear power plants - each equipped with only one reactor - at Latina in 1964, at Garigliano in 1964 and at Trino