greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

With New Break-In

Greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety

Four activists scaled one of the buildings containing pools
Washington - Arab Today

A group of Greenpeace activists broke into a French nuclear plant on Tuesday and scaled the walls of a building containing spent nuclear fuel to highlight security shortcomings at the facility.

Around 20 activists took part in the latest stunt by the environmental campaign group aimed at showing that France's 58 nuclear reactors are vulnerable to attack.

The group said the protest at Cruas-Meysse plant in the southeastern Ardeche region, which has four reactors, proved that security around spent nuclear fuel pools was particularly lacking.

Four activists scaled one of the buildings containing pools used to cool highly radioactive spent fuel rods and set off flares.

"All you need to do is make a hole (in the building) to start a fire," Yannick Rousselet, Greenpeace France's chief anti-nuclear campaigner told AFP.

France's state-owned energy giant EDF which operates the plant confirmed the intrusion but said that the plant's safety was never in danger.

Regional security officials said 22 people were arrested, adding they had posed no threat.

The incident is the second of its kind in as many months.

In October, Greenpeace activists got inside a nuclear plant in Cattenom, near the border with Luxembourg, and set off fireworks at the foot of a spent fuel pool.

France is the world's most nuclear-dependent country, with atomic plants providing 75 percent of the country's electricity.

Around a third of all reactors in the country are set to be closed by 2025 under a government plan to boost renewables.

In a report in October Greenpeace noted that most of France's nuclear plants were built before the rise of threats from non-state terror groups such as the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda and claimed that their defences were weak.

Source:AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety

 



GMT 20:38 2018 Sunday ,25 November

Omoush meets Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy

GMT 03:16 2017 Saturday ,16 December

UNESCO thanks Kuwait for support with Syrian refugees

GMT 02:15 2017 Sunday ,10 September

Yemen records 500,000 cholera cases

GMT 21:27 2017 Wednesday ,10 May

2 Afghans killed, injured in rocket attack

GMT 06:10 2017 Sunday ,24 December

Shami returns to India's ODI squad

GMT 11:03 2016 Saturday ,03 December

Conte warns Chelsea to fear old boy De Bruyne

GMT 18:41 2016 Friday ,05 August

Venezuela Prison Blast Kills 5, Wounds 30

GMT 13:47 2017 Sunday ,10 December

Bahrain Bourse daily trading performance

GMT 06:12 2011 Thursday ,24 March

Curfew further relaxed in Bahrain
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday