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A Greenpeace action took place this morning in Southern Italy at Scanzano Jonico in the Basilicata Region, where in 2003 the Government tried to open an underground nuclear waste storage facility. Only a strong opposition stopped the plans going ahead.

A new law already passed at the Chamber of Deputies, which has still to be discussed at the Senate, will introduce new rules for nuclear facilities in Italy, cancelling any real power local authorities may have. The regional government is supporting Greenpeace’s protests

In Scanzano, three wells (1000 metres deep) are still open even though the Regional Government has denied the mining permits. Twenty activists built a kindergarten on the top of one of the wells - the others have been closed with cement and bricks.

More information (in Italian) and photographs are available at Greenpeace Italy