The upper chamber of the French parliament has approved a bill that grants legal victim status to people affected by France's nuclear tests.
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The French Senate has approved a bill that officially recognizes people harmed by France's past nuclear tests as legal 'victims'. According to Anadolu Agency, the legislation passed by the upper chamber covers people and their descendants who suffered health or environmental damage from nuclear test programs conducted primarily in Algeria and French Polynesia between 1960 and 1996. France carried out more than one hundred nuclear tests during this period. For victims — the vast majority of whom were rejected at the application stage due to bureaucratic barriers in compensation processes — this legal recognition could pave the way for compensation claims. The bill will become law if it also passes the National Assembly.