Italy freezes return to nuclear power

Article reports that Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right government has given up plans to relaunch Italy’s nuclear industry in April 2011 in response to growing public opposition in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster in March 2011.

ESO: Background information: Berlusconi in power policy rethink http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-in-power-policy-rethink/

ESO: Background information: Japan nuclear disaster sparks heated EU debate http://www.europeansources.info/record/japan-nuclear-disaster-sparks-heated-eu-debate/

ESO: Background information: Italian reactor plans draw French interest http://www.europeansources.info/record/italian-reactor-plans-draw-french-interest/

EUObserver, 20.4.11: Italy shelves nuclear power plans http://euobserver.com/9/32215

Corriere della Sera, 20.4.11: Ciao to nuclear power http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/609131-ciao-nuclear-power

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