Italy shut down all of its nuclear power plants following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and the public voted to keep them shuttered in a referendum in 2011. But with growing concern about global warming, the mood is changing, particularly among the country’s youth. The Italian government says it’s planning to reverse the ban, but energy specialists question those intentions. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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