Superman crashes into a French nuclear power plant


A Superman-shaped drone piloted by Greenpeace activists flew over a nuclear power plant near Lyon on Tuesday morning before crashing into a "vulnerable" building in the atomic complex, according to the environmental NGO.

The EDF energy group confirmed the overflight "of the Bugey nuclear power plant" in Saint-Vulbas (Ain) but excluded any impact on the safety of the facilities.


This "highly symbolic" action announced by Greenpeace was aimed at demonstrating the "vulnerability" of spent fuel storage pools. In a video released by the NGO, a small Superman is seen flying and crashing without anyone doing anything about it against a building of this type in the premises of the EDF power station in Saint-Vulbas.

"After putting it in the no-fly zone, the activists deliberately slammed it into the wall of the used fuel storage pond, next to reactor 2. This action demonstrates once again the extreme vulnerability of this type of building, which is the which contains the highest radioactivity in a nuclear power plant, "the NGO said in a statement.

"This action is highly symbolic: it shows that spent fuel storage pools are very easily accessible, this time by air, and therefore eminently vulnerable to the risk of external attacks," adds Yannick Rousselet, in charge of the nuclear campaign for Greenpeace France.

Although the Greenpeace action did not generate any damage to the plant or had any impact on the safety of the plant, it is a crime foreseen in the defense code, which will lead to a complaint, said the securities.

A handful of years ago, in 2014, in France, drones were frequently seen flying over nuclear facilities. It was never known who they were or what their intention was.

At least seven nuclear plants were flown over. The artifacts were not neutralized because they did not pose a direct threat to the security of the facilities. All the incidents took place around 9 pm on the Penly (northwest) and Golfech (southwest) power plants.

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