21-05-2017 17:34 via yahoo.com

Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover

A full 58.2 percent of Swiss voters supported the shift, according to a final tally after Sunday's referendum, with only four of the country's 26 cantons voting "no".The move has been in the making since shortly after Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant was destroyed in the March 2011 tsunami disaster, when the Swiss government decided to gradually close its nuclear plants.Sunday's vote paves the way for the government to gradually begin implementing the measures starting next January.
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