Italy’s high-level radioactive wastes are the product of just four now closed commercial reactors, one of which was already shut down when a 1987 national referendum, just a year after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, recorded a stunning vote of more than 80% of Italians opposed to the continued use of nuclear power. (With bafflingly daft timing, a 2011 Berlusconi government ran the referendum again three months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March. This time, 93% of Italians said they opposed a nuclear re-start.) More

The post The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate

APA

Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace (2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00) » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump. Retrieved from https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/.

MLA

" » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump." Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace - Wednesday December 1, 2021, https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/

HARVARD

Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace Wednesday December 1, 2021 » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump., viewed 2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00,<https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/>

VANCOUVER

Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace - » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump. [Internet]. [Accessed 2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00]. Available from: https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/

CHICAGO

" » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump." Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace - Accessed 2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00. https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/

IEEE

" » The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump." Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace [Online]. Available: https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/. [Accessed: 2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00]

rf:citation

» The “Brigands” Regroup in Basilicata: Italians Rise Up Against New Nuclear Dump | Linda Pentz Gunter | Peace | https://www.pea.cx/2021/12/01/the-brigands-regroup-in-basilicata-italians-rise-up-against-new-nuclear-dump/ | 2026-11-08T21:28:45+00:00