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The women of French Polynesia disproportionately bear the burden of France’s 30-year history of nuclear testing – both as victims and as caregivers. But they are also among those fighting for ...
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 ...
Between 1966 and 1996, France conducted nearly 200 nuclear "tests" on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, spreading radiation into the ocean and the atmosphere. Now, activist and politician Hina ...
French Polynesia nuclear tests: How the Atomic Energy Commission is funding a counter-narrative on contamination. A parliamentary commission of inquiry is seeking to understand whether the French ...
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 ...
Due to incorrect information provided by Getty Images, an earlier version of this column incorrectly used a photo depicting a French nuclear test at Fangataufa Atoll in 1970 rather than the U.S ...
The women of French Polynesia disproportionately bear the burden of France’s 30-year history of nuclear testing – both as victims and as caregivers. But they are also among those fighting for ...
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 ...