Known as the Beryl accident, it was an underground nuclear test in 1962, that breached containment, irradiating French soldiers guarding the site. They were required to keep their exposure a secret, following eight months of hospitalization, in order not to "undermine French security". The French feel nothing is worse than War, and the purpose of this essential nuclear deterrent, is that France should never be threatened by war, again.
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