The administrative appeal court in the French city of Bordeaux has given nine former nuclear test veterans the right to be compensated by the state for damage to their health.
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The claimants had served in Algeria and French Polynesia between 1960 and 1996 where France tested its atomic weapons.
So far only a handful of claims out of more than 800 have been accepted since the law came into effect, but the lawyer says the decision reached in Bordeaux could set a precedent and prompt unsuccessful claimants to resubmit their case.
In November, the French Polynesian assembly passed a resolution asking France to pay compensation for the environmental damage caused by its nuclear weapons tests.
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