Claim: France conducted ten nuclear tests in 1979 from March to November for the development of a substitute energy source.
Evidence: France's 1979–1980 series tests and detonations 1 March 1979 17:24:00 9 March 1979 16:37:00 24 March 1979 16:28:00.4 4 April 1979 18:07:00.5 18 June 1979 23:27:00.7 29 June 1979 18:56:00.2 25 July 1979 17:57:00 28 July 1979 19:56:00.3 19 November 1979 17:53:00 22 November 1979 19:14:13 underground shaft,
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