France investigates mysterious drone activity over seven of its state-owned nuclear power plants. Full Story: France has launched an investigation into unidentified drones that have been spotted flying over nuclear plants operated by state-owned utility EDF, its interior minister said on Thursday. EDF said that drones flew over seven nuclear plants across the country between Oct. 5 and Oct. 20, but that they had no impact on the plants' safety or functioning. "There is a judicial investigation underway, there are measures that have been taken to know, and there are measures that exist, to neutralise these drones, but I won't dwell on them now. So naturally I am being kept informed and the investigation is ongoing," the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told France Info radio on Thursday. The drone sightings may renew concerns about the safety of nuclear plants in France, the world's most nuclear-reliant country with 58 reactors on 19 sites operated by EDF. Cazeneuve e... ( More) | 
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