Mururoa e Tatou ("Mururoa and Us") is an anti-nuclear non-governmental organisation in French Polynesia. The association represents former workers at the French nuclear test sites of Mururoa and Fangataufa, and advocates for their compensation. Founded in July 2001[1] by John Doom and Roland Oldham, it is currently led by Hirohiti Tefaarere.[2]
Mururoa e Tatou has advocated for compensation for test site veterans[3] and demanded that the French government recognise their health problems.[4] It has supported court cases seeking compensation,[5] and opposed France's nuclear compensation law as too restrictive.[6]
It has also advocated for greater transparency around the effects of nuclear testing.[7] In 2005 Mururoa e Tatou revealed leaked documents showing that the French government had knowingly exposed the people of Mangareva to nuclear fallout.[8] In 2005 it asked the Assembly of French Polynesia to conduct an inquiry.[9] The inquiry reported back in 2006.[10][11]
In October 2010 it obtained a court order ordering the French Defence Ministry to declassify and disclose all information relating to nuclear testing.[12] When the documents were finally released in 2013 they revealed that fallout had been far worse than previously disclosed.[13]
^"Proposition Tong Sang: Mururoa e tatou dénonce un "Indigne revirement"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans elect new leader". RNZ. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Bomb test site workers in French Polynesia want medical help and possible compensation". RNZ. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Nuclear test site veterans in French Polynesia demand state recognition of health problems". RNZ. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Deadly battle in paradise". The Age. 7 August 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"French Polynesia veterans critical of nuclear compensation law". RNZ. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Nuclear workers in French Polynesia call for transparency". RNZ. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Leaked report indicates France knowingly exposed Tahitians to nuclear test risks". RNZ. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Tahiti nuclear test veterans decry French move to stop inquiry". RNZ. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"French accused of Pacific nuclear cover-up". The Observer. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Mururoa: Results of nuclear tests probe due soon". New Zealand Herald. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"French Polynesia nuclear test veterans still bitter despite court order". RNZ. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^Michael Field (3 July 2013). "Mururoa fallout worse than first thought". Stuff. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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