Italy's Senate faces a tight legislative calendar and summer recess that have kept the sustainable nuclear energy delegation bill from advancing beyond committee review as of late August 2026. After Chamber of Deputies approval in June, Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin publicly stated on August 24 that Senate passage is expected around mid-September, followed by implementing decrees by year-end. This timeline, combined with standard parliamentary procedures for a framework law enabling future small modular reactors and waste management rules, underpins traders' near-certain view that final Senate approval will not occur by August 31. Late procedural acceleration or an unscheduled session remain theoretically possible but lack supporting evidence from government statements or scheduling.