France must take responsibility for nuke sites

 

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Algerian General says France must take responsibility for nuke sites

France must "shoulder its historic responsibilities" for 1960s nuclear test sites in Algeria, a senior Algerian military official said in the influential army monthly El Djeich, published Sunday.

France carried out 17 nuclear explosions in the Algerian part of the Sahara Desert between 1960 and 1966.

Eleven of the tests came after the 1962 Evian Accords ended the six-year war of independence and 132 years of French colonial rule.

"More than 60 years have passed since the first nuclear test in Algeria. France still refuses to hand over the maps revealing the location of nuclear waste," General Bouzid Boufrioua said in this month's edition of El Djeich.

He added their handover was "a right that the Algerian state fervently demands, not forgetting the issue of compensation for the Algerian victims of the tests".