Greenpeace has crashed a Superman-shaped drone into a French nuclear plant to show its vulnerability to outside attacks, campaigners said. The environmental group has deliberately flown the drone – piloted by one of its activists – into the no-fly zone around utility EDF’s Bugey nuclear plant, near Lyon, and then crashed it against the wall of the plant’s spent-fuel pool building. The drone was decked out to resemble a tiny Superman, according to a video released today by Greenpeace. While the drone was harmless, the group said its action showed how easy it was to fly it into the plant in France, a country which is heavily dependent on nuclear power.
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A Superman-shaped drone, led by Greenpeace France militants, crashed on Tuesday morning voluntarily against the Bugey nuclear power plant, located 25 kilometers from Lyon. Once inside the prohibited overflight zone, the aircraft crashed “against the wall of the spent fuel storage pool, adjacent to the reactor 2”, as explained in a statement from the association. And to add: “This action once again demonstrates the extreme vulnerability of this type of building, which is the one that contains the most radioactivity in a nuclear power plant.” Look.
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Greenpeace announces that, on Tuesday, July 3rd, “a drone transformed into a Superman and piloted by Greenpeace France activists flew over the Bugey nuclear power plant, 25 kilometers from Lyon. After having entered the no-fly zone, activists voluntarily caused it to crash against the wall of the spent fuel storage pool, adjacent to reactor 2. This action demonstrates once again that extreme vulnerability of this type of building, which is the one that contains the most radioactivity in a nuclear power plant. “
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Greenpeace slams Superman-shaped drone into nuclear plant.
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