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French Polynesia to demand Paris $930 million in compensation for nuclear tests

Tests conducted from mid-1960s saw government approved detonation of nearly 200 nuclear tests off secluded atolls in French Polynesia.

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The French Polynesia Assembly is preparing to ask François Hollande’s government for nearly a billion dollars in compensation for damage caused to the islands by nuclear weapons tests, reports The Independent.

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