P731 CEEFAX 731 Sat 4 Nov 23:54/35 1/2 FRBNCE CONDUCTS ITS THIRD NUCLEAR TEST France has conducted its third underground nuclear test in the South Pacific. The Australian Geological Survey said the blast was equivalent to an earthquake measuring 5.6. France is dui to conduct a total of six tests in the area before next May. Govjrnmjnts around the world have condemned France for its test program and for breaking a 1992 moratorium on nuclear testing. Newsround 170 Religion 740 Read Hear 710 User Guide 199 Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CEEFAX 731 Sat 4 Nov 23:47/20 2/2 FRANCE CONDUCTS ITS THIRD NUCLEAR TEST Environmental group Greenpeace is said to bj "outraged" that France's third nuclear test has taken place. Conducted under the Mururoa atoll the blast was equal to about 60,000 tons of TNT. The largest of the tests so far, the second, was equal to 110,000 tons of TNT; all the explosions so far have been more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. France has defended its test program as an action that is "necessary to security and reliability of our arms." 5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CJJFAX 731 Sat 4 Nov 23:11/1p 2/2 FRANCE CONDUCTS ITS THIRD NUCLEA5 TEST Environmental group Greenpeace is said to be "outraged" that France's third nuclear test has taken place. Conducted under the Mururoa atoll the blast was equal to about 60,000 tons of TNT. The largest of the te ts so far, the second, was equbl to 110,000 tons of TNT; all the explosions so far have been more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. France has defended its test program as an action that is bnjcessary to security and reliability of our arms." 5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,, Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo Religion