Nuclear Power - First nuclear weapon test in France
Time: Saturday Feb 13, 1960
Place: France
Details: France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in 1960, under the government of Charles de Gaulle.
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