太平洋区域靠近试验场的社区民众正在经历严重的健康问题，原因是他们几十年来一直缓慢地受到辐射影响。有人质疑环礁结构的稳定性。补偿机制以及对试验和储存造成的长期影响所进行的研究尚处于起步阶段。斐济只是最近才得以向参加过试验的退伍军人提供补偿，这些退伍军人曾被特意派去观察核试验，而殖民主义当局却剥夺了他们获得补偿的权利。所有这类问题每天都在提醒我们为什么世人需要遵守不扩散框架。
Pacific communities close to the test sites are experiencing acute health problems arising from their slow exposure to radiation over many decades. The stability of the atoll structures is being question by some. Compensation mechanisms and the study of long-term impacts of tests and storage are in their infancy. Fiji has only recently managed to provide compensation to test veterans, who were deliberately deployed to observe nuclear tests — a right that was denied to them by the colonial authorities. All such issues remind us daily why the world needs to comply with the non-proliferation frameworks.