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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by sudosysgen on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:36PM (#26442719)
Unlike Nevada and New Mexico, there were actually people living in those deserts. Surprising, I know, and yes there aren't that many.

The biggest issue is that the Algerian people did not support the tests.

As for the agreement with the Algerian government, it was signed during wartime. Allowing the tests was a condition without which France would have killed more people.

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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by mytailorisrich on Saturday March 13, 2021 @05:21AM (#26445547)
There are people living in Nevada and New Mexico, even within range of the test facilities: tests were carried out 65 miles from Las Vegas. Arguably the Sahara is better suited.

It's fair to criticise the way nuclear tests were carried out and perhaps whether they were needed at all, but this is a general criticism: My comparison with the US and the UK is to illustrate that the French did not do anything different or worse.

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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by LargoLasskhyfv on Saturday March 13, 2021 @07:01PM (#26451390)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site#/media/File:N... <- view of mushroom cloud from downtown

Crazy times!

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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by sudosysgen on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:06PM (#26447927)
There were people living literally there, living exactly where the tests took place.

And no, it's not normal to do nuclear tests in a territory which is currently fighting for independence.

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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by kergonath on Saturday March 13, 2021 @11:24AM (#26447569)
Are you saying that nobody lives in New Mexico? I know some people who will be surprised to learn their family does not exist.
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Re:France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from at... by sudosysgen on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:06PM (#26447919)
I'm not talking about NM. I'm talking about the deserts where the bombs were detonated.
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