Setback for nuclear test victims

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Updated October 15, 2009 19:54:31

Claims for compensation for victims of French nuclear testing in French Polynesia has just got harder, after the French Senate placed strict conditions on eligibility. About 150,000 workers took part in 210 nuclear tests over 30 years from 1966, and many have health problems which they claim are a result of radiation exposure.

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