Ban the tests?

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Recent talks on renewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty have centered on continuing the ban on testing of nuclear weapons. Testing can lead to safer nuclear weapons, and since verification of tests is difficult anyway legal testing may help limit the size and number of tests.

International aspects, Nuclear arms control, Nuclear nonproliferation

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Booms and busts: French Polynesia

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Environmentalists were very pleased by the French decision to suspend nuclear testing in the South Pacific, but the people of French Polynesia where the testing took place are not as happy. The French military presence has brought a great deal of prosperity to their islands.

Economic aspects, Economic history, French Polynesia

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Testing, testing: France

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New French Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy has announced that France will suspend all nuclear tests it had planned for 1992. The move is seen as an attempt to attract support for the ruling Socialists from France's environmentalist parties.

France, Political activity, Political aspects, Beregovoy, Pierre

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Subjects list: Testing, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear testing
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