Italy Halts Nuclear Power Plans For One Year

The Italian government has put a one-year moratorium on plans to revive nuclear energy in a country that shut down its reactors more than 20 years ago.

Premier Silvio Berusconi's Cabinet approved the moratorium Wednesday in the wake of radiation leaks at a Japanese plant damaged after March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Italians rejected nuclear power in a 1987 referendum following the Chernobyl disaster, forcing the shutdown of its four working plants.

Source: Hufftington Post