(ANSA) - Potenza, April 13 - An Italian nuclear plant in the
process of being decommissioned was impounded Friday after the
nearby sea was found to be contaminated.
The ITREC plant at Rotondella near Matera in Basilicata was
found to be pouring contaminated run-off water into the Ionian
Sea.
Three water collection tanks and the run-off pipe were seized
in a probe by Potenza prosecutors.
Possible charges in the case are environmental pollution,
misrepresentation, illegal waste disposal and illegal waste
trafficking, judicial sources said.
The decommissioning of the site will be able to go ahead,
they said.
Nuclear site remediation agency SOGIN said "there is no
radiological anomaly inside the ITREC plant at Rotondella".
"The water discharges are carried out in compliance with the
discharge formula; there is no danger for workers, the
population or the environment," it said.
Nuke plant seized after sea contaminated (4)
Near Matera