The Italian government Tuesday scrapped further elements of the country's planned revival of nuclear power, making it increasingly likely that the two-year moratorium on development in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis will extend further into the future.
The Italian government Tuesday scrapped further elements of the
country's planned revival of nuclear power, making it increasingly likely that
the two-year moratorium on development in the wake of
Japan
's
nuclear crisis will extend further into the future.
The government added an amendment in an omnibus energy bill that would
essentially abrogate all the norms devised to govern site selection for
eventual nuclear plants.
A bipartisan consensus had emerged in favor of nuclear power, abolished by
referendum in the late 1980s, and Enel SpA (ENEL.MI) had plans to build four
plants of as many as eight in the country.
Despite the political consensus, public opposition to the siting of nuclear
power facilities was strong. The government has now scrapped its rules for site
selection, which had themselves required laborious technical work.
The abrogation makes it unlikely that
Italy
will
proceed with a planned popular referendum called to test whether citizens
approved of the decision to restore nuclear power.
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