Greenpeace France nuclear action prompts security alert

Environmental activists have broken into a French nuclear power station, to highlight the "vulnerability" of atomic sites in France.

Greenpeace campaigners entered the site at Nogent-sur-Seine, 60 miles (95km) south-east of Paris, before dawn.

The activists climbed on top of a reactor building and unfurled a banner, said a Greenpeace spokesman.

The power company, Electricite de France (EDF), says the intruders were detected straight away.

Seven out of nine activists who entered the site have been arrested, said the firm.

The activists "were immediately detected by the security system and were permanently followed on the site, without a decision being made to make use of force," said an EDF statement.      More