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    Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern...
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    later, when France conducted nuclear weapons testing on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. French Polynesia is a semi-autonomous island group designated...
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    the Government of France to clean up its nuclear weapons test site at Moruroa and to compensate test victims. He was subsequently elected to the Assembly...
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    test range from Algeria, which had become independent, to the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, some 1,500 km (930 mi) to the east of Tahiti. This was...
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    tested at Reggane, French Algeria, 13 at In Ekker, Algeria and the rest at Moruroa and Fangataufa Atolls in French Polynesia. Often skipped in lists are the...
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    Government conducted 193 nuclear bomb tests above and below the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. The last test was conducted on 27 January 1996. In 1946...
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    of protest sent two navy frigates, HMNZS Canterbury and HMNZS Otago, to Moruroa. They were accompanied by HMAS Supply, a fleet oiler of the Royal Australian...
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    moved its focus to the French atmospheric nuclear weapons testing at the Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The young organization needed help for their...
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  • Country France Test site Lagoon Area 2, Fangataufa Atoll; Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll Period 1995–1996 Number of tests 6 Test type underground shaft Max...
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  • Information Country France Test site Colette zone, Moruroa Atoll; Denise zone, Moruroa Atoll; Dindon zone, Moruroa Atoll; Fregate Zone, Fangataufa Atoll; Muroroa...
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