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Greenpeace crash Superman-like drone into French nuclear plant (VIDEO) | Greenpeace crash Superman-like drone into French nuclear plant (VIDEO) |
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While it may not have been moving faster than a speeding bullet, Greenpeace activists successfully crashed a Superman-shaped drone into a French nuclear plant as part of their efforts to highlight the site’s security flaws. | While it may not have been moving faster than a speeding bullet, Greenpeace activists successfully crashed a Superman-shaped drone into a French nuclear plant as part of their efforts to highlight the site’s security flaws. |
Video of the incident released Tuesday was taken at the state-controlled EDF’s Bugey nuclear plant near Lyon, where a member of the environmental activist group successfully piloted the drone through the facility’s no-fly zone. The drone crashed against the wall of the plant’s spent-fuel pool building and plummeted to the ground like a kryptonite balloon. | Video of the incident released Tuesday was taken at the state-controlled EDF’s Bugey nuclear plant near Lyon, where a member of the environmental activist group successfully piloted the drone through the facility’s no-fly zone. The drone crashed against the wall of the plant’s spent-fuel pool building and plummeted to the ground like a kryptonite balloon. |
According to Greenpeace: “This action highlights the extreme vulnerability of this type of buildings, which contain the highest amount of radioactivity in nuclear plants.” | According to Greenpeace: “This action highlights the extreme vulnerability of this type of buildings, which contain the highest amount of radioactivity in nuclear plants.” |
France generates 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear power in 19 nuclear plants operated by EDF, Reuters reported. | France generates 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear power in 19 nuclear plants operated by EDF, Reuters reported. |
READ MORE: ‘Sword of Damocles’: French, Belgian power plants vulnerable to attacks – Greenpeace | READ MORE: ‘Sword of Damocles’: French, Belgian power plants vulnerable to attacks – Greenpeace |
EDF reported that two drones had flown over the Bugey site during the incident, with one successfully intercepted by French police. A police complaint about the incident will be filed by the organisation. | EDF reported that two drones had flown over the Bugey site during the incident, with one successfully intercepted by French police. A police complaint about the incident will be filed by the organisation. |
EDF reported that two drones had flown over the Bugey site during the incident, with one successfully intercepted by French police. A police complaint about the incident will be filed by the organisation. | |
Insisting that the presence of the two drones "had no impact on the security of the installations,” EDF claims that their spent-fuel pool buildings are robust enough to withstand natural disasters and accidents. | Insisting that the presence of the two drones "had no impact on the security of the installations,” EDF claims that their spent-fuel pool buildings are robust enough to withstand natural disasters and accidents. |
Greenpeace, meanwhile, insists that the sites remain extremely vulnerable to outside attack, with the spent-fuel pools at particular risk, as they contain the equivalent of several reactor cores, stored in concrete pools outside the highly reinforced reactor building. | Greenpeace, meanwhile, insists that the sites remain extremely vulnerable to outside attack, with the spent-fuel pools at particular risk, as they contain the equivalent of several reactor cores, stored in concrete pools outside the highly reinforced reactor building. |
In order for these facilities to be more secure, the spent-fuel pool buildings must “be turned into bunkers,” according to Greenpeace France’s chief nuclear campaigner Yannick Rousselet. | In order for these facilities to be more secure, the spent-fuel pool buildings must “be turned into bunkers,” according to Greenpeace France’s chief nuclear campaigner Yannick Rousselet. |
The group has also countered EDF’s claims that police intercepted one of the drones, claiming on Twitter that it was “crashed voluntarily." | The group has also countered EDF’s claims that police intercepted one of the drones, claiming on Twitter that it was “crashed voluntarily." |
The superhuman stunt is one of many recent actions by Greenpeace activists at French nuclear facilities made to highlight security concerns. | The superhuman stunt is one of many recent actions by Greenpeace activists at French nuclear facilities made to highlight security concerns. |
In October, a group of activists broke into EDF’s Cattenom nuclear plant near the border with Luxembourg, breaking through two security barriers and launching fireworks over the plant. | In October, a group of activists broke into EDF’s Cattenom nuclear plant near the border with Luxembourg, breaking through two security barriers and launching fireworks over the plant. |
Last week, 19 Greenpeace activists were handed suspended sentences for another incursion, this time at the Cruas power plant in the southern Ardeche region in November 2017. | Last week, 19 Greenpeace activists were handed suspended sentences for another incursion, this time at the Cruas power plant in the southern Ardeche region in November 2017. |
The group was also fined €50,000 ($58,300) by a French court in February in order to pay damages to EDF. | The group was also fined €50,000 ($58,300) by a French court in February in order to pay damages to EDF. |
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