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Drone Flights Over Nuclear Plants Prompt Swedish Investigation

  • Drone seen above Forsmark plant on Friday, again on Monday
  • Security service will head investigation, cites security risks
Sweden's Ringhals power station in 2012. 

Sweden's Ringhals power station in 2012. 

Photographer: Bjorn Larsson/AFP/Getty Images
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Swedish authorities escalated an investigation into suspect drone activity at its nuclear power plants, citing increased security risks for the largest Nordic nation. 

Sweden’s security service took over the probe after local media reported an unidentified “large” drone flying over the Forsmark power plant on Sweden’s east coast, as well as near nuclear power plants in Ringhals and Oskarshamn -- both in southern Sweden -- on Friday. Public broadcaster SVT cited police as saying a drone had been seen again at the Forsmark plant on Monday afternoon.