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FAA Bans Drone Flights Over Seven Energy Department Sites

Chris Schneidmiller

Monday, December 18th, 2017

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FAA Bans Drone Flights Over Seven Energy Department Sites

Federal Aviation Administration National Capital Region No Drone Zone signage. Graphic: Federal Aviation Administration.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced that it is prohibiting flights of unmanned aerial vehicles over seven Department of Energy sites around the country. Drone flights will be banned from the surface to 400 feet above ground level at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Pantex Plant in Texas, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the Y-12 National Security Site and Oak…

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Congress

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