Greenpeace Attack on French Nuke Plant

(Tricastin Nuclear Station, Southern France) About two dozen Greenpeace activists broke into the Tricastin nuclear power station early this morning, unfurling banners and projecting a protest message on the wall of the facility.

The activists managed to enter the grounds of the Tricastin plant, some 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Marseille, at around 5:00 am (0300 GMT), Greenpeace and police said.

They hung banners reading "Tricastin: a nuclear accident" and "Francois Hollande: president of a catastrophe?" in reference to the French leader, according to Isabelle Philippe, a Greenpeace spokeswoman.

The activists were arrested before they could cause any real harm.