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Italian citizens voted in 1987 to scrap the country's four existing nuclear power plants (Photo: Bigod)

Italy shelves nuclear power plans

The Italian government appears to have shelved plans for a return to nuclear energy, a further sign of the European fall-out following the Japanese Fukushima accident.

At the same time, Europe's oil sector is bracing itself for tighter EU legislation as the world marks the first-year anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico spill.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made a return to nuclear power a key campaign proposal during 2008 elections, but on Tuesday (19 April) legislators ...

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Italian citizens voted in 1987 to scrap the country's four existing nuclear power plants (Photo: Bigod)

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