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French Polynesia marks 53rd anniversary of 1st nuclear test

05:04 am on 1 July 2019

A group of nuclear test veterans in French Polynesia are pulling out of a memorial project out of concern it'll be used to whitewash France's testing regime in the Pacific.

It's 53 years this week since the French military detonated the first French nuclear weapons test.

Sally Round reports.

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Remnants of the testing infrastructure on Moruroa atoll Photo: AFP