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France may reconsider compensation claims previously rejected, over Polynesian nuclear bomb testing

Further concern over French nuclear compo law Radio NZ 12 Jan 17 A French Polynesian member of the French National Assembly Jean-Paul Tuaiva has raised his concerns about the revision of the nuclear compensation law. A decree is about to be approved in Paris that will amend the 2010 law by loosening the criteria for claims to be accepted.

Tuaiva has asked the French government to reconsider compensation claims which had been rejected – a call already made by two other Assembly members…….

France tested its atomic weapons first in Algeria and then from 1966 to 1996 in the South Pacific in a programme which involved more than 100,000 personnel. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/322239/further-concern-over-french-nuclear-compo-law

January 13, 2017 - Posted by | general

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