The trafficking and illicit management of waste and radioactive material are of concern in Italy, also caused by the high cost of disposal: from 2015 to 2019 the carabinieri denounced 29 people, there were 5 pre-trial detention orders, 38 criminal penalties imposed and 15 seizures carried out following 130 checks carried out.
Legambiente notes this in the new report "Radioactive waste yesterday, today and tomorrow: a collective problem", launched in view of the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima accident (11 March 2011), in which it takes stock of the Italian nuclear legacy, on the problem traffic and illegal disposal and the European situation.
Legambiente stresses that "in Italy waste is in unsuitable and dangerous deposits and is also illegally disposed of.
It is necessary to find a transparent and participatory location for the storage of medium and low activity waste, on which Italy is lagging behind - recalls the NGO - to close the agreement to dispose of the most radioactive ones in a European country and bring them into operation the IT system for the traceability of radioactive waste provided for by Legislative Decree 101/2020 which also introduces administrative and criminal sanctions in the event of violations. "
The environmental association recalls that in Italy, according to the latest data available (referring to December 2019), 31 thousand cubic meters of radioactive waste placed in 24 plants distributed over 16 sites in 8 regions. To these will be added in the coming years the highly active radioactive waste that will return to the Peninsula after the reprocessing abroad of the spent fuel coming from the former nuclear plants Italians, and those of medium activity that will be generated by the dismantling of the decommissioned plants
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