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1979–80 French nuclear tests

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Country
  
France

Number of tests
  
22

Period
  
1979–1980

Test type
  
underground shaft

Test site
  
Rim zone, Areas 1-2, Moruroa Atoll; Zoe and Yvonne Il., Areas 3-4, Moruroa Atoll

Max. yield
  
112 kilotonnes of TNT (470 TJ)

The France's 1979–1980 nuclear test series was a group of 22 nuclear tests conducted in 1979–1980. These tests followed the 1975–78 French nuclear tests series and preceded the 1981–82 French nuclear tests series.

References

1979–80 French nuclear tests Wikipedia