Paradise

Destroyed?

Invaded?

Bombed.

Mururoa atoll

Mururoa (Mururura, 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 has been used as a nuclear test site by France.

Mururoa, and its sister atoll Fangataufa, were the site of extensive nuclear testing by France between 1966 and 1996, as well as the site of numerous protests by various vessels, including the Rainbow

Warrior.

The atoll was officially established as a nuclear test site by France on September

21, 1962.

People from all over the world protested.

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ProNew Zealanders took a very strong stance.

Some sailed on private boats alongside the Rainbow Warrior (the international Greenpeace

peace ship) to the pacific to protest.

Pro

New Zealand played a major role in stopping French neculear testing in the Pacific.

But it came at a price.

Pro

DEATH