Mururoa

IMoruroa La denominazione "Mururoa" è più frequente in francese, e figura come primo lemma in parecchi dizionari di uso corrente, ma il nome polinesiano dell'atollo è in effetti "Moruroa", che significa "Isola segreta" in tahitiano. Le Petit Larousse 2008, éd. Larousse, Paris ISBN 978-2-03-582503-2 p.1542 kwaye ngokwembali ibizwa ngokuba Aopuni , yenye yee-atolls ezenza iziqithi zaseTuamotu zaseFrench Polynesia kwaye ikuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki. Phakathi konyaka ka-1966 kunye no-1996 yayisetyenziswa yi-France njengendawo yovavanyo lwenyukliya kunye ne- Fangataufa atoll ekufutshane.

I- coral atoll yaseMururoa yincam yentaba-mlilo engasekhoyo enabela ngaphantsi komphakamo wolwandle ukuya kubunzulu obuziimitha ezingama-3000. Ukuzika kancinci kwentaba-mlilo, ngesantya semilimitha enye ngonyaka, kwavumela iikorale ukuba zikhule ngokuthe ngcembe kwindawo enamanzi angekho nzulu, ngelixa incopho evelayo yentaba-mlilo iye yakhukuliseka.

Ngaphakathi kwentaba-mlilo, kubunzulu obumalunga neemitha ezingama-500, kuye kwaveliswa iziqhushumbisi zenyukliya ezili-138 ekuhambeni kweminyaka. Kwabalwa ukuba ugqabhuko-dubulo ngalunye lwadala ingqukuva yelitye eliqhekekileyo eliziimitha ezingama-200 ukuya kuma-500 ububanzi, kuxhomekeke kumandla ebhombu; amandla aqokelelwe ukususela ngo-1975 e-Mururoa ahambelana namabhomu angama-200 e-Hiroshima .