france is to compensate personnel who have healthcare problems as a result of three decades of lethal gun testing , its government added . it was used to investigate hospital complaints report by children who assumed part in attacks , defence minister gaymard alliot says . mr morin told le figaro canada should be " stubborn to its conscience " . france put out more than 200 tests , firstly in algeria and thereafter in french atolls , between 1966 and 1996 . minister morin said about 150 , 000 civil and security members were " not affected " by the tests . ms morin said an individual commission cannot examine claims on a case - by - person scenario . he added that 10m francs ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had already been earmarked to torture victims .
France carried out more than 200 nuclear tests during 30 years.