A report into France's nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific says each atmospheric test in Fangataufa and Mururoa appears to have caused fallout in Tahiti.
The findings are contained in a report by a commission of the territorial assembly which has been published in excerpts by the local Papeete newspapers ahead of its presentation in the assembly next month.
The report says the French state tried to downplay the effect of the tests.
The report is based on research by independent bodies, with the French defence ministry refusing cooperation, citing secrecy for security reasons.
The opposition in French Polynesia boycotted the commission's work and took court action, saying the assembly had no mandate to conduct such an investigation.
