COMMUNIQUE DU MINISTERE DE LA DEFENSE

Paris, le 5 septembre 1995 France carried out a nuclear test on 05.09 at 2330 Paris time at the Moruroa site. The energy released was less than 20 kilotonnes. This test is destined to develop simulation.

French Nuclear Testing History.
French tally: 205 shots, U.S. tally: 935, World tally: 2039.
-Feb. 13, 1960. First fission bomb Reganne,Algeria
1961-66 16 tests
-Jul. 2, 1966. First Pacific shot Moruroa
-Aug. 24, 1968. First thermonuclear Fangataufa shot
-Jun .8, 1974 End of atmospheric tests (41 shots in Pacific region)
-Jun. 5, 1975. First underground shot Fangataufa
-Apr. 8, 1992. Suspension of tests
-Jun .13, 1995. Chirac decision to resume tests
-Sep. 5 , 1995. Tests resume Moruroa Sea Goddess

The United States and United Kingdom will share in the test, data from Sea Goddess.