France's Nuclear Tests

There were 210 French nuclear tests from 1960 through 1995. Seventeen of them were done in the Algerian Sahara between 1960 and 1966, starting in the middle of the Algerian War. One-hundred ninety-three were carried out in French Polynesia.

Series	Years	Tests	Yield range (kilotons)	Total yield (kilotons)
Reggane	1960	4	1 to 65	78
In Ekker	1961–1966	18	0 to 127	286
---	1966–1970	22	0 to 2,600	8,044
---	1971–1974	24	0 to 955	2,082
---	1975–1978	29	0 to 64	259
---	1979–1980	22	0 to 112	474
---	1981–1982	22	0 to 56	195
---	1983–1985	25	small to 80	537
---	1986–1988	24	2 to 103	625
---	1989–1991	21	0 to 118	755
---	1995–1996	6	8 to 97	231
Totals		217		13,567