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 by the French state since 1964. From 1966 to 1996 it was used as a nuclear test site by the French government. In total, 4 atmospheric and 10 underground nuclear explosions were carried out ...

Nearly 200 nuclear tests were conducted on Fangataufa and Moruroa atolls, severely contaminating the environment of the archipelago and exposing its population to dangerous radiation levels.

Sep 24, 2015 · The first of its kind to ever appear in public scientific literature, the paper analyzes 30 years of data that Savat collected from the hydrogen-blasted rocks of Fangataufa, using Legendre’s ...

Feb 12, 2022 · The main site of French testing was Moruroa (they also used Fangataufa atoll) a remote atoll that is part of French Polynesia about 1,250 kilometers or 780 miles southeast of Tahiti. The French used the island between 1966 and 1996 for testing.

In response to worldwide pressure the tests were moved underground on Fangataufa in 1975. However, the detonations continued. In the mid-1980s political parties and environmental-protection and human rights groups united to protest France’s nuclear testing.

Le scientifique Bernard Salvat va continuer à faire des prélèvements réguliers à Fangataufa, en particulier dans le lagon. Il souhaite connaître l'impact de la création d'une passe ...

Jul 7, 2015 · A 30-year study of temporal changes in gastropod community structure on the reefs of a Pacific Ocean atoll (Fangataufa, Tuamotu Archipelago) subjected to atmospheric nuclear tests during the 1960s offered the opportunity for an otherwise impossible field experiment that could help ecologists understand mollusc primary succession.

Fangatau, or Nakai-erua, [2] is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia.The nearest land is Fakahina Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape. Its length is 8 kilometres (5.0 miles), maximum width 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles).

Moruroa and Fangataufa were severely affected by radioactive fallout, as were the surrounding islands. On the island of Mangareva, French military scientists found high radiation levels in fish, water, air and soil samples.

Fangataufa is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Mapcarta, the open map.