Coral samples from Mururoa Atoll, the French nuclear testing site in the Pacific, have been examined for plutonium content by various nuclear techniques, including delayed neutron analysis, alpha track autoradi
In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and im...
Mururoa 1973 - In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in t
Keywords: Mururoa atoll; Hydrogeologic modelling; Radionuclide transport; Nuclear tests; Data uncertainty 1. Introduction After the definitive end, in 1996, of the nuclear underground tests at the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, the French government asked the International Geomechanical Ž . Commiss...
Definition The atoll of Mururoa, also known as Moruroa or Aopuni, lies in the south-eastern end of the Tuamotu Island Group (21°50′S, 138°53′W) in the central Pacific. Politically speaking, this island is part of the French Polynesia . Geological setting Mururoa is 28 km long and...
The average values of 240Pu/239Pu mass isotopic ratios of plutonium deposited in Mururoa and Fangataufa atoll sediments by French atmospheric nuclear tests range from 3.5 to 5%. In order to assess the near field and far field influence of those deposits in the open ocean, two water profiles ...
Across the world, governments and ordinary citizens are protesting against the French decision to restart nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll. This is not just another trespass by a Greenpeace ship. In Australia and New Zealand, people are boycotting French goods. Demonstrators in Strasbourg yesterday ...
French agency leaves Mururoa.Discusses the significance of the withdrawal of the French Commisariat a l'Energie Atomique from Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. The abandonment of explosive nuclear testing; The political implications of the move....