Algerian desert was the scene of 57 nuclear test, 17 hot and 40 cold, Blue Jerboa was the name of the first French nuclear test. It was an atomic bomb detonated near Reggane , in the middle of the Algerian Sahara desert on 13 February 1960 , exceeded 5 times the Hiroshima bomb's, it was by far the largest first test bomb up to that date,  larger than the American "Trinity" (20 kt), the Soviet "RDS-1" (22 kt), or the British "Hurricane" (25 kt). The yield was 70 kilotons, bigger than these three bombs put together,  the White Jerboa: 5 kt , the Red Jerboa: 10 kt, the Green Jerboa: 5 kt.

The impact of nuclear radiation in this region will remain for thousands of years and it is impossible to get rid of it. This was confirmed by a report of experts, was prepared by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1999 and was published in 2005, explained that the surrounding areas  «zero point» of the bombings are still affected by radiation. And despite the expiration of the decades on the nuclear tests, but the surrounding areas and their locations  still radioactive sharply, prompting authorities to restrict access to it, especially after recording the spread of eye diseases, declining births , futility of trees and other disastrous situations.

In the first medical statistics Algerian conducted in 1990 at the level of the nuclear explosion areas, represented by the «Reggane region and its environs», was recorded injuries in several forms of: cancer, bone marrow, skin, blood and thyroid in childhood, and abort the large number of women, high the proportion of premature births, and the high mortality rate at birth, hair loss, and an increase in the proportion of the deaf and dumb and mentally retarded. Medical notes also recorded a deficit of kidney disease resulting from exposure to nuclear radiation.

Fewer than 300 patients were coming to the hospital a year before the nineties, raising the number in recent years to more than 3,500 patients, pointing to record injuries insane genetic and partial paralysis while doctors unable to diagnose in some cases satisfactory.

And the research conducted by the Algerian Centre for Radiation Protection recently reach that the radiation level in the region, still kills the environment and human, and that the agricultural yield recorded weakness in productivity compared with the conventional rate, in addition to the terrible decline in the livestock and the weakness of biodiversity and the disappearance of a number of reptiles and migratory birds. And also the demise of the manifestations of the spring in areas that have undergone nuclear testing, and declining age of camels to less than 20 years old while the normal age range between 30 and 50 years old.