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Rome (AFP) Nov 13, 2010 Italy's constitutional court has struck down a bid by three regions to ban new nuclear power plants amid strong public opposition to the return of nuclear energy, ANSA reported on Saturday. Laws in the three southern Italian regions -- Basilicata, Campania and Puglia -- banning plants from their territory were in violation of state jurisdiction, the news agency cited court officials saying. The government had said in February that it would challenge the regions. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced shortly after regaining power in 2008 that Italy would begin building nuclear power stations again to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil and gas supplies. Italy rejected nuclear power in a 1987 referendum after the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine and debate on where new plants could be built has been heated. The government is planning to start producing nuclear power from 2020.
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Russia seeks to unfreeze nuclear plant project in BulgariaSofia (AFP) Nov 13, 2010 Russia tried Saturday to unfreeze a long-stalled project for a new 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, reiterating readiness to fund the project directly or through loans. "Russia has the finances and readiness to implement the Belene nuclear power plant project in a way that will suit the Bulgarian side to the maximum, either through ensuring funding, loans, or equipmen ... read more |
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