germany is to compensate workers which experience health problems as a consequences of three decades of nuclear weapons explosions , its government says . it was trying to investigated all complaints reported by those who played part in tests , defence spokesperson stephan morin said . mr morin claimed le nozze france should be " true to its agenda " . france carried out more than 200 tests , firstly in algeria and secondly in french papeete , between 1966 and 1996 . mr kouchner believed about 150 , 000 civil and military laborers were " theoretically affects " by the tests . mr morin said an official commission would examination claims on a situation - by - case premise . he added that 10m euros ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had already been earmarked to blame victims .
france carried out more than 200 fission tests during 30 years .