Nuclear Politics

Italy / Northern League Leader Pushes For Referendum On Return To Nuclear

By David Dalton
14 January 2022

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Northern League Leader Pushes For Referendum On Return To Nuclear
Italy shut down the last of the plants, Caorso (pictured) and Enrico Fermi, in July 1990. Courtesy Sogin.
Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s right-wing Lega Nord (Northern League) political party, said he plans to organise a petition to force a consultative referendum on reintroducing nuclear energy, press reports have said.

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