AN INVESTIGATION OF FRENCH NUCLEAR WEAPON WEAPON TESTING IN POLYNESIA
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AN INVESTIGATION OF FRENCH NUCLEAR WEAPON WEAPON TESTING IN POLYNESIA

INTERPRT’s Nabil Ahmed joined the panel ‘An Investigation of French Nuclear Weapon Testing in Polynesia’ with Sébastien Philippe, Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, and Tomas Statius, freelance journalist and Disclose collaborator. The talk was held virtually and organized by Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. The panel was based on the newly launched  ‘Mururoa Files’ online platform and the related book ‘Toxique’ presenting the results of a two-year long study involving extensive computer simulations of the nuclear tests and fallout, dozens of interviews in France and Polynesia, and 2000 pages of declassified French government documents, revealing the consequences of French nuclear testing in the Pacific and the struggle of local communities and veterans to seek justice and compensation.

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