Italy May Revive Nuclear Power
In 1987, in a public referendum, Italian voters overwhelming demanded that the four nuclear power plants in Italy be decommissioned. (Remember that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was in April of 1986.)
Yesterday Industry Minister Claudia Scajola said building "a group of new-generation nuclear power stations" would reduce the country's reliance on oil and gas. He indicated that construction would begin by 2013.
Too bad global leaders haven't spent these interveving years since Chernobyl more agressively supporting the creation of viable alternative energy technology. This 'energy gap' is providing nuclear a chance to get back in the market despite strong public opposition and the same kinds of questions we were asking twenty years ago, "What do we do with the waste?"
Yesterday Industry Minister Claudia Scajola said building "a group of new-generation nuclear power stations" would reduce the country's reliance on oil and gas. He indicated that construction would begin by 2013.
Too bad global leaders haven't spent these interveving years since Chernobyl more agressively supporting the creation of viable alternative energy technology. This 'energy gap' is providing nuclear a chance to get back in the market despite strong public opposition and the same kinds of questions we were asking twenty years ago, "What do we do with the waste?"
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