56 years ago today: France tests its 1st atomic bomb (60 kt) in the Sahara (Algeria). Clip: http://fresques.ina.fr/jalons/fiche-media/InaEdu01615/le-premier-essai-de-la-bombe-atomique-francaise.html …pic.twitter.com/KwpmioFE3U
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@wellerstein @miquelnotari informative info here IAEA doc on Rad conditions at French test sites http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1215_web_new.pdf …
@Casillic @wellerstein Other organizations like @nuclearban use the same information (page 3) in October 2014 http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/AfricanPerspectivesFinal2.pdf …
@miquelnotari @Casillic @nuclearban I have no doubt detectable radiation went beyond the test site, but w/out dose rates, it says nothing
@wellerstein I agree with you... This map was published by "Le Parisien", but the French Gov't has not declassified all about Gerboise Bleue
@wellerstein This is the original article of "Le Parisien" on Internet about the trial of French veterans http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/actu/le-document-choc-sur-la-bombe-a-en-algerie-14-02-2014-3588699.php …
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