France goes to the victims of nuclear tests to

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France goes to the victims of nuclear tests to

Compensation after two decades: France wants its nationals in the Pacific more money will pay – on the atolls, where three decades of dangerous nuclear weapon tests took place. Their consequences are devastating.

“No the bomb is not a deterrent”: the mushroom cloud over Mururoa Atoll (file picture)

To have the people in French Polynesia – all citizens of the Grande Nation – been waiting a long time. 20 years after the end of nuclear testing in the French overseas Territory, President François Hollande pointedly, the consequences for the environment and health admitted. “I recognize that between 1966 and 1996, carried out nuclear tests has an impact on the environment have had and health impacts have caused”, said Hollande in Papeete, the capital of France owned Islands in the Pacific.

With this gesture came the President of the Polynesian demands. Hollande promised payment of compensation to Affected to make it easier – so far were of about rausend applications for only 20 successful. The visitors from Paris, but stressed the geostrategic importance of the nuclear tests: “Without French Polynesia would France not have the atomic bomb, and thus would not Abschreckungsmacht.”

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“Why must we still fight?”

The President of French Polynesia, Edouard Fritch, had previously incomprehension expressed that “we still today, for the recognition of the human health, ecological and economic consequences need to fight”. Cancer in the Region with nuclear weapon tests.

But also the end of the experiments was the Islands to the damage in the economic field, because revenue would become superfluous. Hollande promised now is the continuation of the financial support for French Polynesia, the be Vorvorgänger in office, Jacques Chirac, as a balance had agreed. The amount should be starting in 2017 to more than 90 million euros a year is to be fixed.

First bomb in Algeria ignited

Paris was in February 1960 its first atomic bomb in the former colony of Algeria tested. After the independence of the country, the Experiments have been on the France belonging to the South seas atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa continued. Within three decades, was a site of 193 nuclear tests. A 2010 that took effect law provides for the recognition and compensation of the victims of these Tests. In French Polynesia there has been a storm but criticism only because so few applications will be granted.

jj/SC (dpa, afp)