a1 Iutepigeece (b) (1) (b) (3) Adw French Underground Nuclear Testing: Environmentally Safe and Likely To Continue F7 APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: FEB 2008 =811W" Copy 344 1-6 0 of Dieectorate r1 Iateltitteoce ((] French Underground Nuclear Testing: Environmentally Safe and Likely To Continue This paper was prepared byl Office of Scientific and Weapons Researc omments and
Directorate of Intelligence e A w Science and Weapons Daily Review Monday 10 March 1986 APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: FEB 2008 (b) (1) (b) (3) op ? 1 FRANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER 0 France has announced that it soon will begin construction of its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Richelieu. Likely to become operational in the mid-1990s. the Richelieu will give France the capability to maintain air superiority
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Directorate of IMteW=eiee (b) (1) (b) (3) rQ! cT APPROVED FOR RELE DATE: FEB 2008 6 AUGUST 1984 SW SWDR 84-151C V Australia t..-s released the results of a multinational inspection of the French nuclear test site at Mururoa Atoll; the results support the judgment that the French have been extremely safety conscious In their underground nuclear testing operations. F-1 6 AUGUST 1984 ii SW SWOR 84-151C 40 0
:we Directorate of , y t. .eteth e.ee 2 1 T4 ~~A~s<t 30D* rL-l9 _..- (b) (1) 16,b) (3) Top ret APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: FEB 2008 6 KEY JUDGMENTS: FRENCH NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL REPROCESSING PROGRAM II France has a major commitment to developing a capability to reprocess civilian nuclear power reactor fuel.. This program Is both to support Its own ambitious breeder reactor development and to generate export earnings. French
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Directorate of Intelligence (b) (1) (b) (3) 'Top`s.- ret -1641m- Y-4.=YAfV APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: FEB 2008 CUNTENTS 12 OCTOBER 1982 Lack of space on Mururoa Atoll apparently is causing the French to reactivate Fangataufa Atoll as a test site, possibly for future tests of higher yield warheads., work F ngataufa is progressing slowly. 12 OCTOBER 1982 i SW SWDR 82-433J FRANCE: REACTIVATION OF NUCLEAR TEST SITE
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