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[00:09.490] France has carried out the first of a planned series of nuclear tests [00:13.888] In the south Pacific despite strong international opposition. [00:18.148] The French Defence Ministry said the device exploded at an underground site [00:23.415] Beneath Mururoa Atoll yielded less than 20 kilotons. [00:28.653] Australian scientists described it as fairly small compared with previous tests. [00:34.466] There's been swift reaction from several countries. [00:38.025] New Zealand and Chile have recalled their ambassadors to Paris in protest. [00:43.086] Australia condemned the test and the US expressed its regret. [00:47.584] Before the nuclear device was exploded, the French Preisdent Jacques Chirac said [00:53.827] His country might carry out fewer than the eight tests originally planned.