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| Greenpeace protests inside French nuclear plant | Greenpeace protests inside French nuclear plant |
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| French police have arrested at least 21 Greenpeace environmental activists who broke into a nuclear plant. | French police have arrested at least 21 Greenpeace environmental activists who broke into a nuclear plant. |
| The police operation is continuing at the Tricastin plant in southern France. | The police operation is continuing at the Tricastin plant in southern France. |
| The interior ministry says the anti-nuclear protesters, who split up into several groups, did not get into the most secure areas. | The interior ministry says the anti-nuclear protesters, who split up into several groups, did not get into the most secure areas. |
| The activists projected huge anti-nuclear slogans onto the outside walls. Most of France's electricity comes from nuclear power. | The activists projected huge anti-nuclear slogans onto the outside walls. Most of France's electricity comes from nuclear power. |
| Tricastin is in the town of Pierrelatte, some 200km (120 miles) north of Marseille. It is not clear yet how many activists in total got into the plant. | Tricastin is in the town of Pierrelatte, some 200km (120 miles) north of Marseille. It is not clear yet how many activists in total got into the plant. |
| One slogan projected onto the walls read: "Tricastin: nuclear accident"; another, next to a picture of President Francois Hollande, said: "President of the disaster." | |
| Police said French activists were accompanied by Italians, Romanians and Spaniards. Some chained themselves to parts of the building, making the police operation to detain them difficult. | |
| Jean-Vincent Place, a prominent Green politician and French senator, told Europe 1 radio the Greenpeace action "shows that getting inside one of these extremely dangerous plants is a bit like passing through a sieve". | |
| France's nuclear security authority said it began an emergency meeting at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) on Monday. It said the infiltration had not posed any risk to the plant's safety. | |
| But French interior ministry officials, quoted by the TF1 news website, said there would be a review of security at French nuclear plants. |