Moruroa
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Moruroa, also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about 1,250 kilometres southeast of
NASA picture of Moruroa Atoll
KH-7 satellite reconnaissance image of the Mururoa Atomic Test Site in French Polynesia, 26 May 1967
The lagoon of Mururoa, 1972
View on Mururoa, 2005
Tired mountain syndrome
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Tired mountain syndrome is a condition in which underground nuclear testing fractures and weakens rock, increasing permeability and the risk of release of radionuclides and radioactive contamination o
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…radioactive material trapped under the atolls would eventually escape and contaminate the surrounding ocean and neighbouring atolls, a case of so-called tired mountain syndrome. A major accident occurred on 25 July 1979 when a test was conducted at half the usual depth because the nuclear device got stuck halfway down the 800…
Rainier Mesa at the Nevada Test Site