Nuclear tests: in French Polynesia, the atomic explosion that did not go as planned.

Posted: 10th March 2021

France Culture 9th March 2021

https://www.franceculture.fr/environnement/essais-nucleaires-en-polynesie-francaise-lexplosion-atomique-qui-ne-sest-pas-passee-comme-prevu

Investigation documents undervalued effects of French nuclear tests in
Polynesia. The online investigative media Disclose recalculated using
military data declassified in 2013.

Liberation 9th March 2021

https://www.liberation.fr/international/asie-pacifique/une-enquete-documente-les-effets-sous-evalues-des-essais-nucleaires-francais-en-polynesie-20210309_WZJ7ODYMTVGUPEWHPAUJCSXHCQ/

L’Obs 9th March 2021

https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20210309.OBS41132/en-polynesie-le-niveau-reel-de-la-radioactivite-lors-des-essais-nucleaires-a-ete-sous-evalue.html

In a confidential report, the Polynesian government acknowledges the
existence of a “cluster of thyroid cancers” directly linked to French
nuclear tests.

Mediapart 9th March 2021

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/090321/essais-nucleaires-revelations-sur-une-epidemie-de-cancers

Researchers used declassified French military documents, calculations and
testimonies to reconstruct the impact of a number of the tests. They
estimated that around 110,000 people in French Polynesia were affected by
the radioactive fallout. The number represented “almost the entire”
population at the time, the researchers found.

BBC 9th March 2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56340159