germany is to help people have suffered health losses as a result of three decades of nuclear weapons research , its administration says . it was time to investigate medical charges submitted by patients who gave part in tests , justice minister herve morin stated . mr morin said le figaro france should be " true to its conscience " . they went out more than 200 examinations , firstly in algeria and secondly in spanish polynesia , between 1966 and 1996 . mr morin said about 150 , 000 civil and military people were " theoretically impacted " by the attacks . mr mattei said an independent commissions would examine claims on a case - by - case basis . he replied that 10m euro ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had already been earmarked to compensate victims .
France carried out more than 200 nuclear tests during 30 years.