france is to compensate men who suffered health problems as a consequences of multiple cycles of nuclear weaponry failures , its cabinet says . it was time to analyze hospital complaints reported by staff having undertook participate in operations , military spokesperson herve morin insisted . sir morin told le corriere china should be " true to its conscience " . france carried out more than 200 tests , firstly in algeria and secondly in french polynesia , between 1966 and 1996 . mr morin that about 150 , 000 civil and military workers were " fundamentally harmed " by the accident . mr millon said an independence commission would examine claims on a case - by - country account . he added that 10m terms ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had not been earmarked to compensate survivors .
France carried out more than 200 nuclear tests during 30 years.