Greenpeace activists managed to sneak into a French nuclear power plant on Monday, the environmental group announced, an "intrusion" which police confirmed.
In a statement Greenpeace said some members had entered the nuclear site at Nogent-sur-Seine, 95 kilometres (60 miles) south-east of Paris, to "spread the message that there is no such thing as secure nuclear power".
Eight activists entered the power station site according to a source with the French gendarmerie, the armed police force, who added that some of the intruders had already been apprehended.
"A group of militants managed to climb onto 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.
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"Sophia Majnoni, a Greenpeace nuclear expert."
The real heart of the reactor is outside on the dome,said Sophia.
(Also minored in Breaking and Entering 101.)
(Xinhua) -- The ruling United Russia party led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led in Sunday's State Duma elections, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Monday.
Putin's party after massive cheating won 49.99 percent of the vote after ballot counting was finished in more than 70 percent of the voting districts, said the commission.
The United Russia party was followed by the Communist Party which gained 19.35 percent.
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won 11.8 percent, compared with 13 percent for A Just Russia.
The three other small factions, including the Yabloko, the Patriots of Russia and the Right Cause, each gained less than 3 percent of the vote.
According to the electoral law, parties must pass a 7-percent threshold for representation in the State Duma.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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