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Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia

August 19, 2022

RNZ Pacific The office of the Tahitian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia’s organisation looking at the aftermath of France’s nuclear weapons tests. The office says it wants to mark the sixth anniversary of Barrillot’s return from France to French Polynesia. He died ... <a title="Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/tahitis-nuclear-compo-advocate-to-be-honoured-in-french-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia">Read more</a>

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France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims

July 28, 2022

RNZ Pacific The French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN says that last year it paid out US$16.6 million to victims of France’s nuclear weapons tests. France tested 193 atomic weapons in French Polynesia over three decades from 1966 to 1996 after abandoning its testing regime in Algeria. In its report for 2021, the commission said it ... <a title="France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/france-pays-out-us16m-on-nearly-100-tahiti-nuclear-compensation-claims/" aria-label="Read more about France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims">Read more</a>