Fangataufa (or Fangatafoa) is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. The atoll has been fully-owned...
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atolls of Tureia, Fangataufa, Tematangi and Vanavana. France undertook nuclear weapon tests between 1966 and 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa, causing international...
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tests in the areas of Reggane and In Ekker in Algeria and the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in French Polynesia, from 13 February 1960 through 27 January 1996...
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France conducted nuclear weapons testing on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. French Polynesia is a semi-autonomous island group designated as an overseas...
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tests of hydrogen bombs, which could not be done in Algeria. Mururoa and Fangataufa in French Polynesia were chosen that year. President Charles de Gaulle...
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Alfa Force) on 24 August 1968, at the Pacific Experiments Centre near Fangataufa atoll, French Polynesia. The test made France the fifth country to test...
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full-yield test was probably the 110 kt detonation on 1 October 1995 at Fangataufa. It will be succeeded by the TNO, the Tête nucléaire océanique. Force...
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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, Tahiti and the...
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independent Algeria. France's testing program then moved to the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in the South Pacific. In November 1967, an article by the French...
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1966 and 45 more: Moruroa and Fangataufa; in the atmosphere; Canopus first hydrogen bomb: August 24, 1968 (Fangataufa) Operation Achille June 5, 1975...
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(English: Operation Unicorn), a French nuclear test in French Polynesia; see Fangataufa Operation Unicorn (Scotland), a supporting plan for Operation London Bridge...
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December 19, 2013. "The Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, Main Report" (PDF). Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency...
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Nuku Hiva Tahuata Ua Huka Pen Ua Pou Tuamotus Rangiroa Fakarava Moruroa Fangataufa Gambier Islands Mangareva Helena Island Guam Cocos Island List of islands...
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Campbell Island, New Zealand Clipperton Island Cocos Island Easter Island Fangataufa Floreana Island Howland Island Iwo Jima Macquarie Island Napuka Norfolk...
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resulted in the abortive trial of Wen Ho Lee.) The "Canopus" test in the Fangataufa atoll in French Polynesia on 24 August 1968 was the country's first multistage...
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Algerian Sahara, and nuclear atmospheric and underground tests at and around Fangataufa and Moruroa Atolls in French Polynesia. Four of the In Ekker tests are...
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December 19, 2013. The Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, Main Report (PDF). Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency...
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Nukutavake Vairaatea Pinaki Reao Pukarua Vanavana Tureia Tematangi Moruroa Fangataufa Gambier Islands (Îles Gambier) Acteon Group (Groupe Actéon) Matureivavao...
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radioactive fallout due to the French military's nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa. Military officials were aware of the doses received by the island and...
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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 motivated, in...
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France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing at Fangataufa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The last test was on 27 January 1996...
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people were over-exposed to radiation). Nuclear testing at Moruroa and Fangataufa in the Pacific Ocean Fallout from the Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini...
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authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 115 km south of Tureia. There was also a weather station...
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December 19, 2013. "The Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, Main Report" (PDF). Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency...
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(Antarctica) Cockburn Island (Polynesia), the name given by the British to Fangataufa atoll in French Polynesia Cockburn School, a secondary school in Leeds...
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extensive underwater tests in French West Polynesia on the Moruroa and Fangataufa Atolls. This is incorrect; the bombs were placed in shafts drilled into...
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first thermonuclear weapon, Canopus (2.6 Mt), at the new facility at Fangataufa, a desert atoll in French Polynesia. All other French atomic-bomb tests...
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independent Algeria. France's testing program then moved to the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in the South Pacific. In November 1967, an article by the French...
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volcanic rock underneath were used. Fangataufa Atoll 22°14′S 138°44′W / 22.23°S 138.73°W / -22.23; -138.73 (Fangataufa Atoll) The secondary atoll for French...
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(English: Operation Unicorn), a French nuclear test in French Polynesia; see Fangataufa#History Operation Unicorn (Scotland), a supporting plan for Operation...
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