An anarchist cell sawed through a 400kV transmission pylon at the CEA Cadarache nuclear research site in May 2026 and claimed it on August 21; the ITER international fusion project, which the US funds, occupies the same campus.

For the second time in recent weeks, an anonymous cell sabotaged construction equipment at Vinci's nuclear expansion site in Bouchemaine, France, issuing a formal warning that further strikes will follow if the company does not exit nuclear contracts.

Operating under an anti-tech, anti-nuclear ideology, unknown actors in Isere, France, sawed through the bases of two power pylons feeding STMicroelectronics and Soitec semiconductor plants on or around July 24, leaving both pylons standing but demonstrating clear intent to sever industrial power supply.

French anarchists cut power to semiconductor factories in Isere by sabotaging electrical infrastructure and published a communique framing the attack as anti-capitalist direct action against the technology industry.

France's Anarchist Federation claimed sabotage of the Cherbourg-Paris rail line on July 4, targeting infrastructure linked to the country's nuclear fuel processing complex in a direct action consistent with prior anti-nuclear campaign activity.

Unverified reporting amplified by Russian state media claims France and Poland will rehearse nuclear-linked strike scenarios near Russian targets, but Warsaw is already disputing the premise, making the story more notable for its NATO-bypass escalation narrative than for confirmed exercise details.