Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern...

later, when France conducted nuclear weapons testing on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. French Polynesia is a semi-autonomous island group designated...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Information Country France Test site Colette zone, Moruroa Atoll; Denise zone, Moruroa Atoll; Dindon zone, Moruroa Atoll; Fregate Zone, Fangataufa Atoll; Muroroa...

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...

Information Country France Test site Colette zone, Moruroa Atoll; Denise zone, Moruroa Atoll; Dindon zone, Moruroa Atoll; Muroroa Atoll, Pacific Test Area (CEP)...

exposed to radioactive fallout due to the French military's nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa. Military officials were aware of the doses received by...

survive mostly by fishing. Low islands usually have an oceanic climate. The Moruroa atoll, composed of low islands on the reef encircling a central lagoon...

in international waters near the French military operational areas at Moruroa Atoll. On the twentieth anniversary of the sinking, it was revealed that...

moved its focus to the French atmospheric nuclear weapons testing at the Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The young organization needed help for their...

in Algeria was no longer usable when Algeria became independent and the Moruroa atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago was selected as the new testing site;...

Vahitahi Nukutavake Vairaatea Pinaki Reao Pukarua Vanavana Tureia Tematangi Moruroa Fangataufa Gambier Islands (Îles Gambier) Acteon Group (Groupe Actéon)...

Lagoon Area 2, Fangataufa Atoll; Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll; Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll Period 1989–1991 Number of tests 21 Test type Underground...

Oa Euba Nuku Hiva Tahuata Ua Huka Pen Ua Pou Tuamotus Rangiroa Fakarava Moruroa Fangataufa Gambier Islands Mangareva Helena Island Guam Cocos Island List...

Auckland on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship. The sinking...

Lagoon Area 2, Fangataufa Atoll; Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll; Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll Period 1986–1988 Number of tests 24 Test type underground...

September 1995, he was one of nine international parliamentarians to travel to Moruroa atoll to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific; Wheelwright declared...

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...

nuclear atmospheric and underground tests at and around Fangataufa and Moruroa Atolls in French Polynesia. Four of the In Ekker tests are counted as peaceful...

adopted a tone of appeasement towards France in its Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa, which he visited at the invitation of Gaston Flosse. When he was questioned...

May 1964 to observe France's development of an atomic bomb test range at Moruroa in French Polynesia. In early 1964, SAC sent a detachment of U-2s from...

writer and director. Among his works is Moruroa Le Grand Secret which tells of the French nuclear tests in Moruroa and the effects of them on the people...

to have undergone the syndrome include the French Polynesian island of Moruroa, Rainier Mesa in the United States, the Dnepr 1 nuclear test site on the...

d'Essais des Landes) at the end of 1968 and nuclear warheads were tested at Moruroa in the Pacific Ocean. Designated Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins...

"Moruroa (Atoll of the Great Secret)" (1995) "Kotahitanga" (1999) "Pukaea" (2000)...

O'Conner, had been a sailor aboard the whaler Matilda, which had wrecked on Moruroa on 25 May 1792. The crew had survived and reached Tahiti on 5 March. O'Conner...

Canterbury and Otago were sent by the Labour Government of Norman Kirk to Moruroa Atoll in 1973 to protest against French nuclear testing there. The frigates...