President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged responsibility for damage to the health of residents over the nuclear test conducted by France for 30 years in French Polynesia in the South Seas, and announced a policy to actively investigate the damage with a view to compensation. Did.
France has conducted a total of 193 nuclear tests in the 30 years since 1966 at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia in the South Seas, and residents' groups have said that health hazards such as thyroid cancer are occurring one after another. We are seeking apology and compensation from the government.
President Emmanuel Macron, who visited the site, made a speech in Papeete, the largest city on the 27th, saying, "It is farther from conducting a nuclear test here. France has a debt in Polynesia." We acknowledged our responsibility for the health damage caused by the experiment.
He also stated that he would disclose official documents on nuclear tests as long as there were no obstacles to national defense.
France has acknowledged that former President Hollande is responsible for health hazards over this issue, but President Macron said that less than 200 health hazard investigations have been conducted in response to residents' complaints so far. , Clarified a policy to actively investigate damage with a view to compensation.