Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, [2] is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about 1,250 kilometres (780 mi) southeast of Tahiti.

Mururoa, atoll at the southeastern tip of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, in the central South Pacific Ocean, about 700 miles (1,125 km) southeast of Tahiti.Uninhabited and used for growing coconuts before its cession to France in 1964, the island was from 1966 to 1996 the site of a number of French nuclear weapons tests conducted through …

Feb 12, 2022 · While the Americans were testing nuclear weapons at Bikini Atoll, the French were blowing up the tropical atoll of Moruroa in French Polynesia.

The story of this largely unknown health disaster began on July 2, 1966. On that day, the army carried out the Aldebaran fire, the first of the 193 tests fired from the nuclear atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa until 1996.

New Zealand was involved in ongoing protest over French nuclear testing from the 1966, when France began testing nuclear weapons in French Polynesia. Mururoa (or Moruroa) Atoll became the focal point for both the tests and opposition to them.

Mar 25, 2021 · Those tests substantially affected the environment and health of more than 100 000 people in the region, according to the findings from a recent collaborative study—the Moruroa Files.

moruroa files Online platform on exposing the toxic history of French nuclear tests in the Mao’hi Nui (French Polynesia) France conducted 193 nuclear weapons tests between 1966 and 1996, at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia/Te Ao Mā’ohi.

Mar 9, 2021 · Moruroa Files: investigation into French nuclear tests in the Pacific France has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 70s, according to groundbreaking new research that could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation.

Mar 15, 2021 · France conducted 193 nuclear tests from 1966 to 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia, including 41 atmospheric tests until 1974 that exposed the local population, site workers and French soldiers to high levels of radiation.

Moruroa, also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about 1,250 kilometres southeast of Tahiti.