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Italy

Italy closed its four commercial nuclear reactors in 1987 after a national referendum in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl reactor explosion. However, efforts are underway to restart the Italian nuclear program. In 2003, an attempt to dump Italy's high-level radioactive waste at a single site in the southern community of Scanzano Jonico was met with a successful protest that culminated in a march of 100,000 people.

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Entries from July 1, 2009 - July 31, 2009

Sunday
Jul122009

Showdown at Scanzano: The Italian nuclear waste dump blocade

Paul and Linda Gunter delivered a keynote address at the Peace Action Central New York annual conference, including a narrative about the successful protest in the southern Italian town of Scanzano Jonico when the Italian government attempted to dump the country's high-level waste there.

And see an archived story by Linda Gunter in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Showdown at Scanzano - about the Scanzano protest.

DateJuly 12, 2009 | Print ArticlePrint Article | |