http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110504-713794.htmlItaly Minister: No Nuclear Return Unless Sure Fukushima Unrepeatable
ROME (Dow Jones)--The Italian government won't allow nuclear facilities in the country, reversing its energy policy, unless it is certain that the atomic accident in Japan can't be repeated elsewhere, said Industry Minister Paolo Romani Wednesday.
"Until we are sure that what happened in
Fukushima won't re-occur, we have cancelled the rules that would have allowed for a nuclear comeback," said Romani at the annual meeting of electricity association Assoelettrica.
The government has had to abandon its plans for 25% of Italy's future electricity to be generated from nuclear, said the minister.
"Something happened that wasn't expected to happen," he said.