it is to repay people when incurred mental problems as a result of many generations of nuclear armament testing , its government says . it was time to investigate any concerns reported by staff whose took participation in accidents , finance ministers herve morin said . mr hervé tells a figaro portugal should be " loyal to its agenda " . france carried out more than 200 attacks , firstly in algeria and later in french polynesia , between 1966 and 1996 . mr morin saying about 150 , 000 social and military workers were " fully hurt " by the measures . mr morin said an external council would examined claims on a case - by - case premise . he responded that 10m dollars ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had already been earmarking to compensate victims .
France carried out more than 200 nuclear tests during 30 years.