Tahiti nuclear fallout worse than previously admitted and French Test veterans reaction

“There is one document that says in Tahiti, the fallout of plutonium is 500 times higher than the maximum dose that human beings can have. This is a big worry for us.”

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Posted at 03:36 on 02 July, 2013 UTC

Declassified French documents show that the fallout from the nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia was far greater than previously admitted by Paris.

Following the release of more than 2,000 documents about the atmospheric tests of 1966-1974, the test veterans group says the French authorities measured a plutonium concentration in Tahiti of 500 times the safety limit.

Tahiti is about 1,400 kilometres from Moruroa but under current French law it’s outside the zone where compensation claims for poor health can be lodged.

The documents, which include 114 blank pages, confirm that the fallout from the tests affected all areas and not only the 21 atolls, which the French military had listed so far.

The documents also reveal that a total of 26 navy vessels were contaminated.

The Moruroa e tatou test veterans group has called on France to let it know the full truth about the tests’ impact.

The latest batch of documents was released on a court order amid a warning by the veterans that they would be taking France to the European Human Rights Court.

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Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Bruno Barrillot Champion of the victims of Nuclear Tests in French Polynesia Needs YOUR Support

In 2012 the BNTVA delegation to AVEN’s Conference in Bordeaux met with a very inspirational and humble person; Bruno Barrillot. It was with some concern we learned of the actions of the newly elected French Polynesian government and their attempts to silence Bruno.

Since 1984, Bruno Barrillot, a researcher with the Armaments Observatory, has repeatedly condemned the harm done to test sites personnel, local populations and the environment by the 210 French nuclear tests in the Sahara and in French Polynesia. He is one of the founders of AVEN (Nuclear Tests Veterans Association in France) as well as well as Moruroa and tatou (Nuclear Tests Veterans Association in French Polynesia).

John Doom, Bruno Barillot et Roland Oldham © Anne-Laure GUFFROY

In 2005, Bruno Barrillot (Pictured in the centre above) was asked by French Polynesia’s Government to ensure the consequences of nuclear testing in French Polynesia were properly addressed.

Thanks to Bruno’s action together with the veterans’ associations, the French government had to start rehabilitating the former test sites and a law was passed by the French Parliament to compensate nuclear tests victims.

In 2010 Bruno was awarded the international prize “Nuclear Free Future” in New York.On 13th June 2013, the newly elected Government of French Polynesia led by Gaston Flosse – a man previously convicted of corruption and a devout supporter of French nuclear testing – dismissed Bruno Barrillot in order to silence his activities supporting truth and justice for the victims of the nuclear tests.

If a large number of people show support for Bruno Barrillot and the actions of the Veterans Associations, an appeal to the French President, Francois Hollande to fulfil his pledge to put right injustice as well as health and environmental damages.

The petition we would like you to support can be accessed HERE

Below is the English translation of the petition:

Attention : Francois HOLLANDE, President of the French Republic:
Dear Mr. President,

We are shocked by the dismissal of Bruno Barrillot, who has been in charge of the follow-up of nuclear testing in French Polynesia. This is very prejudicial for all people affected by nuclear testing and those who support them. We are calling on you to implement the pledge you made to seek truth and justice and to do everything to redress the consequences of nuclear testing. We are calling on you for a meeting to be summoned as soon as possible at the Prime Minister’s office including representatives and advocates of civilian and military victims of nuclear testing in Sahara and French Polynesia.

http://bntvachair.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/bruno-barrillot-champion-of-victims-of.html

Posted at 03:36 on 02 July, 2013 UTC

French Polynesia’s nuclear test veterans say a declassified French document shows Tahiti was strongly affected by fallout, contrary to assurances by the authorities.

Following court action in France, just over 2,000 documents were released, but citing defence secrets 114 pages were left blank, prompting concern that many pertinent facts keep being withheld.

The documents confirm that fallout from the atmospheric tests of between 1966 and 1974 affected all islands and not only the 21 atolls listed by the defence ministry three years ago.

The head of Moruroa e tatou, Roland Oldham, says a total of 26 navy vessels were also contaminated, as was Tahiti.

“There is one document that says in Tahiti, the fallout of plutonium is 500 times higher than the maximum dose that human beings can have. This is a big worry for us.”

Roland Oldham says the group will consult its lawyers for the next step in getting full disclosure from the French military.

The group will tomorrow mark the 57th anniversary of first French nuclear weapons test in the South Pacific.

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Chris Busby challenges nuclear test veterans betrayal in UK courts

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22 June 2013

Research reveals genetic damage to nuclear test veterans

A significant level of genetic damage in the DNA of New Zealand nuclear test veterans has been found in a study by Massey molecular scientists led by Dr Al Rowland.

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/06/22/chris-busby-challenges-nuclear-test-veterans-betrayal-in-uk-courts/

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