Wednesday, May 2, 2012

France Greenpeace Activist

  • LYON, France, May 2 (UPI) -- A Greenpeace activist flew a paraglider over a French nuclear reactor Wednesday, dropping a smoke canister, in an attempt to show the sites vulnerability.
  • (United Press International)
  • In December, Greenpeace activists broke into two nuclear power plants in France in an action the group said was aimed at exposing the vulnerability of the facilities.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • "A Greenpeace activist arrived with a motorised paraglider around 7:40 am (0540 GMT). He flew over the plant, threw a smoke bomb and landed inside, where he was detained," police near the Bugey plant in southeastern France told AFP.
  • (Raw Story)
  • While Germany took account of a plane crash in its safety tests, France still refuses to analyze this risk for our reactors.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • France still refuses to analyze this risk for our reactors, Sophia Majnoni dIntignano, in charge of nuclear questions at Greenpeace, said in a statement.
  • (Reuters)
  • PARIS, France -- A Greenpeace activist has been arrested after using a motorized paraglider to fly into the grounds of a French nuclear power plant.
  • (GlobalPost)
  • The Greenpeace activist Wednesday flew over the Bugey nuclear plant, near Lyons in southern France, in a motorized paraglider and landed outside the nuclear part of the compound, where he was arrested.
  • (Smart Money)
  • PARIS – An activist from environmentalist group Greenpeace was arrested early Wednesday by state-controlled power group and nuclear operator Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) said.
  • (FOXBusiness)
  • A Greenpeace activist arrived with a motorised paraglider around 7:40 am (0540 GMT). He flew over the plant, threw a smoke bomb and landed inside, where he was detained, police near the Bugey plant in southeastern France told AFP.
  • (Hindustan Times)
  • Earlier, another Greenpeace activist in a motorized paraglider dropped a smoke bomb on the one of the Bugey nuclear reactors before landing in a fenced area around the plant near Lyons in southern France.
  • (Smart Money)

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