60 Years Since Nuclear Testing in Māʻohi Nui (2 July 1966)
This year on 2 July 2026 will be 60 years since France detonated its first nuclear weapon above Moruroa Atoll in Māʻohi Nui, administratively designated as French Polynesia.
Nuclear Violence Has No Expiry Date — This 1 March, We Remember
On 1 March we mark Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day (NVRD). The 1954 Castle Bravo test at Bikini Atoll didn’t end in 1954. For the Marshallese people, the fallout – displacement, illness, contamination – continues today. NVRD is now observed by affected communities across Oceania and globally, a growing chorus of voices demanding accountability, truth, and justice for nuclear-affected peoples everywhere.
France Must Pay Its Dues to the Pacific
Pacific civil society organisations and movements across the region are condemning any plans by the United States administration to resume nuclear weapons testing, arguing that the move shows blatant disregard for the Pacific’s historic calls to end nuclear harm and could increase and normalise a global arms race.
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