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Watch: Greenpeace Crashes ‘Superman Drone’ Into Nuclear Power Plant To Expose Facility’s Dangers

Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.

Authored by Jessica Corbett via Common Dreams,

“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No… it’s a drone dressed up as Superman, exposing how vulnerable French nuclear power plants are.”

Greenpeace France on Tuesday crashed a drone dressed as Superman into the Bugey nuclear energy plant, located about 20 miles east of Lyon, to expose how vulnerable that facility is to a terrorist attack and highlight the broader dangers of this type of power generation.

“This is a highly symbolic action: it shows that spent fuel pools are very accessible, this time from the air, and therefore extremely vulnerable to attack,” Yannick Rousselet, head of Greenpeace France’s anti-nuclear campaign, said in a statement.

Watch:

Is it a bird? 🐦




Is it a plane? ✈️






No… it’s a drone dressed up as Superman, exposing how vulnerable French #nuclear power plants are ☢️ pic.twitter.com/5mBWJxNjSa

— Greenpeace EU (@GreenpeaceEU) July 3, 2018

Responding to the action, the French electricity group EDF said that police had intercepted one of two drones piloted by Greenpeace and announced plans to file a formal complaint with authorities. EDF also claimed, “The fuel building is key for security, designed in particular to withstand natural or accidental damage.”

Greenpeace EU, on Twitter, called EDF’s response “worrying.”

Worrying repsonse from @EDFofficiel to @greenpeacefr‘s action at the Bugey nuclear plant: they said they “intercepted 1 of the 2 drones”.






Reality check: 2 drones were crashed on purpose… and there was also a remote control plane they didn’t even see… 🕹️🛩️ #SafetyFirst pic.twitter.com/P9wr5O7NuH

— Greenpeace EU (@GreenpeaceEU) July 3, 2018

Last October, Greenpeace France activists entered another of EDF’s nuclear plants and set off fireworks. At the time, the group emphasized on Twitter, “These installations are vulnerable.” AFP reports that in February, “eight activists were sentenced to jail terms or fines” for participating in the firework action.

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