ITALY SAYS NO TO NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
June 1st, 2011
BY LEE ADENDORFF
ITALIANS have voted overwhelmingly against a return to nuclear power, repealing regulation that allowed for the construction of new reactors in a national referendum held on Sunday and Monday. On the nuclear question 54.79% of citizens responded, and 94.05% of these voted against the reconstruction of nuclear reactors in Italy.
It was the biggest referendum turnout for more than a decade. Quorum consisted of 50% plus one vote.
At the conclusion of a press conference on Monday before the ballot had closed, Prime Minister Berlusconi said Italy ...
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