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The French nuclear testing tests left particles of plutonium scattered over Mururoan islets, and traces of plutonium in the sediments of lagoons at the atolls. Radioactive tritium was found in 1998 leaking into the lagoons from cavities left by underground explosions.
Blue stands for the Pacific Ocean and water on which life depends. Yellow symbolizes the sun. Green represents the lush vegetation. Effective date: 18 November 1977.
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