The Knesset’s Interior Committee has recommended that the government postpone plans to construct a nuclear power plant at Nitzanim on the Mediterranean coast south of Ashdod. The decision followed an intensive campaign waged against the project by residents of the area and environmentalists. The National Power Co. which had hoped to start preparatory work shortly, will have to await the results of further studies.
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