Is Tahiti still radioactive?

Nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa ceased in 1996 due to international protest, but the atolls still remain restricted military territory. 30 years after the tests, about half of the radioactive strontium-90 and cesium-137 and all of the plutonium still remains in the archipelago’s air, water and soil.

Why did France stop nuclear testing in the Pacific?

France abandoned atmospheric nuclear testing in 1974 and moved to underground testing in the midst of intense world pressure which was sparked by the New Zealand Government of the time, which sent two frigates in July 1973, HMNZS Canterbury and Otago, to the atoll in protest for a nuclear free Pacific.

What are the effects of nuclear testing in the Pacific?

Today, the legacies of nuclear testing continue. Many service personnel who staffed the test sites and nearby Pacific communities are living with adverse health and environmental impacts. Veterans, community groups and indigenous organisations are campaigning for the clean-up of test sites and compensation for health effects.

What was the name of the nuclear test in Bikini Atoll?

The battleship Arkansas is right of column, along with other ships. Two tested and one cancelled. Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946.

Where did the US test nuclear weapons in the Pacific?

Thirty-six weapons were detonated at sites in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Christmas Island and Johnston Atoll as part of Operation Dominic I. Though these tests were not conducted in the Marshall Islands, they are officially considered part of the Pacific Proving Grounds.

When was the last time a nuclear bomb was tested underwater?

There was supposed to be another underwater test in 1946, but after the impact of Baker, the test was canceled. The next time the military tested a nuclear device underwater was in 1955, during Operation Wigwam, which was meant to test nuclear weapons for use against submarines.