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	fangataufa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fangataufa (Fangatafoa) (22˚15'S., 138˚45'W.) is a small, low, narrow, barrier reef.
		It is reported that the pass of Fangataufa is obstructed by a chain boom.
		Fangataufa is classiﬁed as a Common Military Zone.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /fangataufa.html (253 words)

	Fangataufa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fangataufa (Fangatafoa) (22°15′ S 138°45′ W.) is a small, low, narrow, coral atoll, protected by a barrier reef in the Tuamotu Archipelago.
		Fangataufa is classified as a Common Military Zone.
		The zone includes the lagoon areas enclosed by the atoll and by baselines linking the closet points emerging from the reef on both sides of the channel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fangataufa (221 words)

	Fangataufa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fangataufa (Fangatafoa) (.) is a small, low, narrow, (A long coral reef near and parallel to the shore) barrier reef.
		It is (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French territory, and along with its neighboring atoll (additional info and facts about Moruroa) Moruroa has been used for approximately 200 (additional info and facts about nuclear bomb) nuclear bomb tests.
		There is a disused airfield, built to accommodate medium size transport aircraft, on the NE coast of the atoll.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fa/Fangataufa.htm (224 words)

	Harvard International Review: What Lies Beneath
		Fangataufa, a much smaller atoll, is located 41 kilometers southsoutheast of Moruroa.
		In contrast to Moruroa, Fangataufa had been a closed atoll; the French military therefore opened a 400-meter gap in the coral ring to enable ships to enter the lagoon.
		The report found that the terrestrial and aquatic environments of the Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls that are accessible to people contain residual radioactive material attributable to the nuclear experiments, but generally at very low concentrations that the report concluded were of no radiological significance.
	www.harvardir.org /articles/?id=1007&page=4 (1100 words)

	ATSE - Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Claims were made, in France and elsewhere, that the underground testing had resulted in lasting and catastrophic damage to the stability and hydrology of the atolls and would lead to dangerous releases of radionuclides into the environment.
		Fangataufa, which is 40 km to the south of Mururoa, is more equi-dimensional in shape and covers an area of 45 km2.
		Although the volume of underwater slope undergoing active deformation in the northeast-rim region of Fangataufa appears to be smaller than that at Mururoa, it seems prudent to attempt to estimate the volume involved, continue to monitor the deformations and assess the potential for a serious underwater collapse.
	www.atse.org.au /index.php?sectionid=388 (3691 words)

	PR 98/9 - 29 June 1998 - THE RADIOLOGICAL SITUATION AT THE ATOLLS OF MURUROA AND FANGATAUFA
		THE RADIOLOGICAL SITUATION AT THE ATOLLS OF MURUROA AND FANGATAUFA
		A main finding of the Study's sampling and surveillance campaign is that concentrations of residual radioactive material present in the accessible environment of the atolls are in general very low.
		The Study concluded therefore that neither remedial actions nor continuing environmental monitoring at Mururoa and Fangataufa are needed on radiological protection grounds.
	www.fas.org /news/france/prn0998.html (854 words)

	FANGATAUFA - FRANCE'S SECRET TEST ZONE 19 September
		Fangataufa is an oblong-shaped coral atoll with a basalt base, 41 km south east of Moruroa.
		Fangataufa is a low-lying coral atoll, with its coral ring rarely exceeding 200 metres in width.
		As Fangataufa was a closed atoll, the French Army had to blast a 400 metre gap in the coral ring as a pass for their ships, between 1964 and 1966.
	archive.greenpeace.org /comms/rw/sep19b.html (982 words)

	Tuamotu Archipelago - Fangataufa
		Fangataufa is an uninhabited atoll of the South Group, located 40 km southeast of Mururoa.
		Starting in 1966 Fangataufa was the site of French nuclear weapons testing; four devices were exploded in the atmosphere near the atoll.
		From 1975 tests were carried out underground — one under the reef rim, and the rest deep under the floor of the lagoon at a depth of 500 - 700 m.
	oceandots.com /pacific/tuamotu/fangataufa.htm (160 words)

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		The atoll was uninhabited before the installation of the test center.(1) Fangataufa, a much smaller atoll, is located 41 kilometers south- southeast of Moruroa (22.25o Southern latitude and 138.63o Western longitude).
		In 1973 Fangataufa was chosen, and in 1974 President Giscard d'Estaing announced that as of that year only underground tests would be performed.
		Although the remark was later denied, on November 13, 1988 a test was performed at Fangataufa.(8) Sources of reliable information on the tests and their outcome are extremely limited due to the extreme secrecy of the French military.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/nukes/Mururoa08.12.95.txt (4591 words)

	Mururoa - France Nuclear Forces
		The French Polynesian atolls, of Mururoa [21°52'S 138°55'W] and Fangataufa [22°14'S 138°45'W] (atolls of the Tuamutu) in the South are known as the Pacific Test Center.
		In all, 41 tests in the atmosphere and 134 tests in boreholes in the atolls (from the edge of the atolls or in the central zone) were conducted between 1960 and 1991 on Mururoa and Fangataufa.
		The territorial deliberation of 1964 ceding the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa to France called for their return in the event of the cessation of activities by the CEP.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/france/mururoa.htm (1039 words)

	WISE NC: FANGATAUFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fangataufa atoll, where France conducted the second in its latest series of nuclear tests on 1 October, is a verdant ring of land inhabited by thousands of rare birds and surrounded by shark-infested azure waters.
		The north end of Fangataufa has subsided unnaturally quickly because of the blasts and so, since 1988, tests there have been carried out under the floor of the lagoon.
		Fangataufa's land area of 45 square km (17 square miles) is three times smaller than that of its big sister, Mururoa, and the average width of its sides is just 300 metres (328 yards).
	www.antenna.nl /wise/441/4363.html (261 words)

	Environmental Effects of Nuclear Testing
		Fangataufa, a much smaller atoll, is located 41 kilometers south- southeast of Moruroa (22.25o Southern latitude and 138.63o Western longitude).
		In contrast to Moruroa, Fangataufa was a closed atoll.
		The final decision was in favor of the uninhabited islands of Moruroa and Fangataufa, and in 1962 the 'Center d'Experimentation du Pacifique' (CEP) was established.(5)
	canterbury.cyberplace.org.nz /peace/nukenviro.html (4801 words)

	Nuclear testing at Mururoa and Fangataufa
		The commander of the French forces in Polynesia, Admiral Jean Moulin, says the forces of the 5th Foreign Regiment are leaving Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls ahead of the regiment's dissolution in August.
		The purpose of the conference is to allow the scientific bases of the study to be examined, and to stimulate discussion of the radiation protection principles governing the evaluation of remediation of former nuclear sites More information may be obtained from the IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety.
		The IAEA is convening an international Conference on the Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa where the results of the Study will be presented and discussed by the scientific community.
	sdf.lonestar.org /~kym/anti-nukes/mururoa (1824 words)

	The Situation at Muroroa and Fangataufa Atolls
		By way of background, the atolls are located on the eastern edge of French Polynesia, some 1000 kilometers from Tahiti, and are about equidistant from the west coast of the United States and Latin America and the east coast of Australia.
		There were 137 underground tests — 127 at Mururoa and ten at Fangataufa, the majority of which were conducted with devices lowered into holes drilled into the rock beneath either the rim or the lagoon of the atolls.
		Overall, the expected radiation dose rates and mode of exposure are such that no effects on biota population groups could arise, although occasionally individual members of species might be harmed, but not to the extent of endangering the whole species or creating imbalances between species.
	www-ns.iaea.org /appraisals/mura-fang.htm (822 words)

	The French Nuclear Weapons Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa were chosen as the new test sites.
		It was a barge shot that yielded 20 kilotons.Work on high yield, pure fission devices began and tests of these were conducted at Mururoa and Fangataufa.
		The device was especially dirty and heavily contaminated Fangataufa for the several years.
	atomicforum.50megs.com /france.html (916 words)

	French Admit Nuclear Tests Cracked Moruroa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mururoa and Fangataufa were used by the French authorities for the testing of nuclear devices from July 2, 1966 to 1991, when experiments were interrupted under an voluntary moratorium.
		The admission by French authorities that there are fractures in the coral at Moruroa and Fangataufa Atolls throws doubt on many of its other claims about the effects of nuclear testing in French Polynesia, Southworth said.
		In January of 1996 just after France detonated its final nuclear test at Fangataufa, a controversy arose when French authorities admitted a release of radioactive iodine 131 was detected after one of its South Pacific tests.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/eco-list-old/1999-May/001985.html (524 words)

	PR 98/4 - 29 May 1998 - Study of Radiological Situation at Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A comprehensive report of the study of the current radiological situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa in French Polynesia is being released this week by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		The Study also assessed the implications of the residual radioactivity for the local biota and concluded that they would not be affected.
		The Study suggested nevertheless that an environmental monitoring programme may be useful in assuring the public about the continuing radiological safety of the atolls.
	www.fas.org /news/france/prn0498.html (564 words)

	WISE NC: THE LEGACIES OF MORUROA AND FANGATAUFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The summary contained a rage of quotes arguing that radioactive pollution on Moruroa and Fangataufa has "no radiological significance", and some newspaper headlines suggested Moruroa is safe, or that French nuclear testing left no legacies for the people of the South Pacific.
		Moreover, the report concludes that "no remedial action at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls is needed", and "no further environmental monitoring at Moruroa and Fangataufa is needed" for purposes of radiological study.
		The May 1998 IAEA report is called: "Situation radiologique sur les atolls de Mururoa et de Fangataufa: rapport succinct d'un Comité Consultatif international" -"Radiological situation on the atolls of Moruroa and of Fangataufa: a brief report of a consultative international Committee".
	www.antenna.nl /wise/496/4906.html (1333 words)

	GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS ATTEMPT TO OCCUPY DRILLING RIG AT FRENCH TEST SITE IN FANGATAUFA ATOLL:-19 September (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fangataufa has traditionally been used for extremely high-yield nuclear testing, and the upcoming test expected to be detonated there could be up to 150 kilotons.
		France's larger nuclear tests were moved from Moruroa to Fangataufa in 1988.
		At the time the French military conceded that this was because of the extent of damage already caused at Moruroa, effectively admitting that Moruroa could no longer sustain larger tests in the 100 kiloton range.
	archive.greenpeace.org /comms/rw/sep19.html (455 words)

	GC(41)/INF/6 Study of the Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa
		Finally, the Committee agreed on the general format and content of the final Study report and expressed itself in favour of suggesting that the Agency arrange for an international conference on the Study to be held shortly after the release of the final Study report (see para.
		Using the evaluated data on residual radioactive material in the environment, Task Group A is estimating potential individual radiation doses to people living in the vicinity of the Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls and doses which could be incurred by a hypothetical population living on the atolls themselves.
		A separate underground water sampling campaign was carried out at the Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls at the end of May and the beginning of June 1997.
	www.iaea.org /About/Policy/GC/GC41/Documents/gc41inf6.html (3169 words)

	CHIRACING of the SOUTH PACIFIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In addition, Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls, we are told, are really part of France despite being on the other side of the globe.
		The advent of Columbian voyages germinated the "Age of Discovery" and exacerbated the conflict between European Crowns, vying to claim title to and the abundant wealth of the new land.
		The physical structure of both Moruroa and Fangataufa Atolls are rock layers of basalt formed by submarine volcanic activity overlaid in varying depths by aerial volcanic sediment, transition zone clays, dolomite and topped with limestone.
	engagedpage.com /~engaged/hcant/andy.html (2703 words)

	Radiological Study at the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Radiological Study at the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls
		29 June 1998 -- The radiological situation at the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa
		International Conference on the Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, June-July 1998
	www.iaea.org /worldatom/Programmes/Safety/Mururoa (163 words)

	Scientific Report on the Impact of Nuclear Testing at Mururoa and Fangataufa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Minister for the Environment, Senator John Faulkner, today released a report by a high level scientific group on the impacts of nuclear testing at Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia.
		The report - The Impact of Nuclear Testing at Mururoa and Fangataufa - was presented to the South Pacific Environment Ministers Meeting being held today in Brisbane by a group of eminent scientists from a wide range of disciplines.
		The group recommends the French Government release it's databases of geoscience, environmental and other relevant information to independent scientific scrutiny, and also calls for independent scientists to be allowed unfettered access to the atoll.
	sdf.lonestar.org /~kym/radiation/mururoa/nucimpac.html (495 words)

	Fangataufa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Itis reported that the pass of Fangataufa is obstructed by a chain boom.
		This boom can be moved by agreement with the localmilitary authority.
		The zone includes the lagoon areas enclosed by the atoll and by baselineslinking the closet points emerging from the reef on both sides of the channel.
	www.therfcc.org /fangataufa-122578.html (201 words)

	Fangataufa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Fangataufa (Fangatafoa) (22°15′ S 138°45′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=22_15_S_138_45_W_).) is a small, low, narrow, barrier reef.
		This page was last modified 14:49, 9 Jun 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Fangataufa contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Fangataufa (230 words)

	Paola Harris Web Site - English version
		This strange phenomenon (strange for me in 1968) reappeared in November of the same year at the Fangataufa site, precisely two months after the explosion of the H bomb during topographical surveys that were performed in the daytime with a Zeiss T5.
		In December 1968, I was released from our base of Mataia, Tahiti and there I met two colleagues of mine employed in the mission at Fangataufa Reef atoll on August 28, 1968; four days after the explosion of the first French thermo-nuclear bomb, the famous H Bomb.
		They told me that when they've arrived on the Reef, the aerial runway was completely covered with a layers of many kinds of putrefied fish and their first assignment was to restore the aforesaid runway.
	www.paolaharris.it /andronik.htm (1421 words)

	BSSA, Volume 86:1a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The GRF (Gräfenberg) seismic array in Germany is located at epicentral distances immediately before the PKP caustic B generated by underground nuclear explosions on the French atolls Mururoa and Fangataufa in the South Pacific.
		This distance-dependent amplitude ratio is tested as a discriminant for closely spaced explosions using 31 Mururoa and five Fangataufa events.
		A combined analysis of travel time and amplitude data indicates that the investigated Mururoa explosions were detonated beneath a relatively large area of the atoll (ca.
	www.seismosoc.org /publications/BSSA_html/bssa_86-1a/94102.htm (258 words)

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