Three decades after France’s last nuclear tests, those living near the test sites still await compensation for the harms caused.

France conducted 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia, leaving the islanders to live with the legacy. We meet one man who is ...

In three decades, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in the region, and 41 of those were above-ground. Above-ground – also known as atmospheric – testing is believed to be more dangerous to ...

Nine countries currently either say they have nuclear weapons or are believed to possess them. The five original nuclear weapons states are the United States, Russia, China, France and the United ...

A look at nuclear explosive tests since 1945. ... However, France conducted its last atmospheric test in 1974, China in 1980. Atmospheric tests could be devices detonated on the ground, ...

Nkodo Pierre Claver pointed out that France already has a long history of using its former colonies for nuclear weapons tests, such as in Algeria in the 1960s and in French Polynesia from 1975 to ...

On Feb. 13, 1960, France carried out its first nuclear test, named Blue Jerboa (Gerboise Bleue in French), in the Reggane desert of southern Algeria.

France's history of nuclear tests. Chirac's June 1995 announcement, followed by the first new detonation in September that year, provoked intense opposition from environmental and peace groups ...

France’s history of nuclear tests. Chirac’s June 1995 announcement, followed by the first new detonation in September that year, provoked intense opposition from environmental and peace groups ...

France’s history of nuclear tests. Chirac’s June 1995 announcement, followed by the first new detonation in September that year, provoked intense opposition from environmental and peace groups, and ...