Greenpeace activists enter French nuclear plant

[TaimiKhan]

I wonder what will those people who question Pakistan's nuclear security have to say, when the western countries can't stop simple Green Peace people from entering their nuclear installations.

No hue & cry in western media, no Farid Zakria on this issue, where are US state deptt officials, US Chairman Joint Chief of Staff, IAEA etc etc. What an irony.


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PARIS: Activists from environmental group Greenpeace managed to sneak into a French nuclear power plant on Monday in what they said was a bid to highlight the dangers of atomic energy.

In a statement, Greenpeace said some members had entered the nuclear site at Nogent-sur-Seine, 95 kilometres (60 miles) southeast of Paris, to “spread the message that there is no such thing as safe nuclear power.”

Eight activists entered the power station site, according to a French police source, who added that some of the intruders had already been apprehended.

“A group of militants managed to climb on to the dome of one of the reactors, where they unfurled a banner saying ‘Safe Nuclear Power Doesn’t Exist’,” said Greenpeace spokesman Axel Renaudin.

“The aim is to show the vulnerability of French nuclear installations, and how easy it is to get to the heart of a reactor,” said Sophia Majnoni, a Greenpeace nuclear expert.

She denounced a government security audit of French nuclear plants as “a communications exercise which does not take into account risks already identified in the past and does not learn the lessons of Fukushima,” the Japanese nuclear plant that was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami.

The Nogent-sur-Seine plant, run by the EDF energy company, was chosen by Greenpeace because it is the nearest plant to Paris, Greenpeace said.

Officials at EDF would not immediately comment on the incident.

French Industry Minister Eric Besson said that if the dawn intrusion was confirmed it would indicate a dysfunction in the plant’s security system.

“If an enquiry confirms (the break-in) that would mean that there has been a dysfunction and that measures must be taken to ensure that it doesn’t happen again,” the minister said in French radio.

“Maybe they succeeded in doing this. That surprises me because our power stations are well guarded,” Besson said.

Henri Guaino, an advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy, said the activists’move was “irresponsible” but raised questions about security at nuclear plants.

“It was irresponsible on their part,” he told BFMTV. “But this does make one think about the security of access to nuclear power plants. Conclusions must be drawn from this.”

Greenpeace’s action came as UN climate talks entered their second week in South Africa.

Near the Durban conference site six Greenpeace campaigners were arrested as they tried to hang a banner reading “Listen to the People, not the Polluters” at a hotel where a “Global Business Day,” hosted by business organisations, was taking place.

Greenpeace activists enter French nuclear plant | World | DAWN.COM

 

[somebozo]

I bet they will come out glowing green in dark!

 

[ARSENAL6]

I bet they will come out glowing green in dark!

Not as green - like an Indian getting all jealous of Pakistn nukes and success.

example of jealousy is seen on post 2.

 

[W.11]

Greenpeace activists are not terrorists and France is not Pakistan where mullahs brainwash people right from childhood and green activists do not want to wage jihad against infidels,green activists also do not sell nuclear weapons to rouge countries.
In short nothing to compare between France and Pakistan.

These mullahas and religious fanatics has done an irreversible damage to the image of Islam nothing can change it now same for pakistan also,its image is also tarnished.

look at the countries having problem with muslims/religios fanatics.
1)India
2)USA
3)Russia
4)china
5)Israel
6)UK
7)France in short all the countries that have say in international world.

Why is the case that muslims has problems everywhere ? Indians and Chinese people are also immigrants but they do not have any problems and they do not cause problems to others.

:face plam:

typical indian, ignorant, ranting and complaining n being childish

mama im crying mama

 

[Respect4Respect01]

where is usa? isnt this unsafe, terrorists can enter their nuclear plant too, man this is dangerous.

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Greenpeace activists are not terrorists and France is not Pakistan where mullahs brainwash people right from childhood and green activists do not want to wage jihad against infidels,green activists also do not sell nuclear weapons to rouge countries.
In short nothing to compare between France and Pakistan.

These mullahas and religious fanatics has done an irreversible damage to the image of Islam nothing can change it now same for pakistan also,its image is also tarnished.

look at the countries having problem with muslims/religios fanatics.
1)India
2)USA
3)Russia
4)china
5)Israel
6)UK
7)France in short all the countries that have say in international world.

Why is the case that muslims has problems everywhere ? Indians and Chinese people are also immigrants but they do not have any problems and they do not cause problems to others.

ur nuclear isnt safe as much u think, i read somewhere that your scientists were kidnapped and someone sold uranium.