Question 2228 — defense

Summary

Mr. Ian Boucard draws the attention of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the granting of recognition titles to veterans of nuclear tests as well as the compensation to which they are entitled when they suffer from an illness resulting from these tests. Firstly, the award of recognition titles does not apply to all veterans who participated in French nuclear tests. Only those who have been in service over the periods from 1960 to 1964, and who are eligible for the title of recognition of the Nation, and those having been in service from 1981 to 1996 and who can be decorated with the national defense medal. However, a large number of military personnel participated in nuclear testing missions or were present in security zones at other times. In article 2 of law no. 2010-2 of January 5, 2010 relating to the recognition and compensation of victims of French nuclear tests, it is expressly mentioned that "the person suffering from a radiation-induced pathology must have stayed: either between February 13, 1960 and December 31, 1967 at the Saharan Center for Military Experiments, or between November 7, 1961 and December 31, 1967 at the Oasis Military Experimentation Center. Either between July 2, 1966 and December 31, 1998 in French Polynesia. As a result, this law allows compensation for people who stayed in these areas both over the periods from 1960 to 1964 and from 1981 to 1996 as well as over the periods from 1965 to 1980 and from 1996 to 1998. However, to date no recognition from the Nation has been given for the risks incurred by the soldiers who officiated during these second periods. Secondly, this same law no. 2010-2 of January 5, 2010, determines the conditions of compensation for people suffering from a radiation-induced illness resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation due to nuclear tests. This law is not only open to soldiers who served during nuclear tests and, as a result, very few of their requests have been favorably received by the Committee for Compensation for Victims of Nuclear Tests (CIVEN). This is why he asks what the Government intends to do to honor and compensate nuclear test veterans more easily.

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