Yesterday morning we sailed on the same latitude as the French nuclear test side at Mururoa atoll, with a distance of almost 200 NM.

I would have liked to have my Geiger counter with me and go a bit closer to see what’s left on gamma and beta radiation. Alpha radiation can only be detected in a centimeter range

Around 1986 USA, Soviet Union, China, and France stopped their underground nuclear test. This not because they became concerned about the environmental impact, they only did it because, via seismographic data, the others could understand how big the tested devices were.

After a row of calibration explosions they continued with lab based experiments using how power laser systems. Thus, they appeared to be environmental friendly but in reality they never cared about the environment.