... kilometers of tunnels, 10-20 years of construction work, thousands of trucks trips for transportation of materials to and from the site, million tons of excavated material to be disposed of, thousands ... the presence of several uranium-rich geological formations and even some former sample uranium mines dating from the fifties. For instance, the Regional Agency for the Environment of Piedmont, ... justifications of the HSR projects would be the energy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight and passenger traffic from road (fuel...