In Ekker
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عين أكر In Ekker |
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 1 ' N , 5 ° 5' E | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
| Tamanrasset | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | DZ-11 | ||
| height | 991 m | ||
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In Ekker ( Arabic عين أكر) (further spellings: In Ecker or In Eker ) is an Algerian place on the western edge of the Hoggar Mountains in the Sahara , about 150 km north-north-west of Tamanrasset . The place is directly on the national road 1 or the Algiers-Lagos-Highway .
Military test center
In the vicinity of In Ekker, France, until the end of the Algerian war, colonial power in Algeria, operated a military experimental center ("Center d'expérimentations militaires des oasis, CEMO"). 13 nuclear weapons tests were carried out there between November 7, 1961 and February 16, 1966 . On May 1, 1962, the "accident de Béryl" (accident of Béryl) occurred during the second underground explosion. The military gave names of precious stones to the individual explosions; they called the test series as a whole "les pierres précieuses" (the precious stones).
| date | Surname |
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| November 7, 1961 | Agate |
| May 1, 1962 | Beryl |
| March 18, 1963 | Emeraude |
| March 30, 1963 | Amethysts |
| October 20, 1963 | Rubis |
| February 14, 1964 | Opals |
| June 15, 1964 | Topaze |
| November 28, 1964 | Turquoise |
| February 27, 1965 | sapphire |
| May 30, 1965 | jade |
| October 1, 1965 | Corindon |
| December 1, 1965 | Tourmaline |
| February 16, 1965 | Grenat |
The French army left the site for good in 1967; this had been agreed in the treaties of Evian (end of the Algerian war).
Others
France did not join the Treaty on the Ban on Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, Space and Underwater to date (2018).
See also
- Algeria # French nuclear weapons tests
- French nuclear weapons tests in Algeria
- Reggane (Algeria) - France carried out four surface nuclear tests in populated areas there. Up to 30,000 people suffered from radiation-related damage to health.
Web links
- Forts du Sahara Central - Bordj In Ecker Historical photos and documents about In Ekker, on "Forts au Sahara Algérien" (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean Mabire, La traite des noirs, L'Ancre de la Marine, 2000. 121 pp., ISBN 2-84141-163-X ; online = La traite des noirs in the Google book search
- ↑ see also Essais nucléaires français
- ^ Capcom Espace, encyclopédie de l'espace
- ↑ Algérie Soir - 28/05/2012: Il ya 45 ans, les derniers français évacuaient Reggane ( Memento of February 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Thomas Schneider: 30,000 victims from French nuclear tests? ( Memento from May 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) ARD-Weltspiegel, January 18, 2009.
- ^ A. Cowell: France to Pay Nuclear Test Victims . The New York Times, March 24, 2009.
- ^ Kurt Andersen, Russell Leavitt: Atomic Test Case . Time Magazine, April 26, 2006