Abstract
The Department of Energy's plan to shut down its newest nuclear reactor—the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) at its Hanford site in Richland, Wash., is running into buzzsaw of opposition. The plan raises two issues, said Rep. Marilyn Lloyd (D.-Tenn.) at hearing she chaired last week of Subcommittee on Energy R&D of House Science, Space & Technology Committee. These are the unique capability of FFTF as scientific research tool, and unilateral termination of our commitment to cooperative research projects with our international partners. The hearing was held at request of subcommittee's ranking Republican, Rep. Sid Morrison, in whose district facility lies. Morrison strongly opposes closure, calling it a preposterous decision based on short-sighted budgeting by Administration that Congress just can't accept. FFTF, which began full operation in 1982, is world's only full-size test reactor. Its 400-MW sodiumcooled fast flux reactor was designed for irradiation ...
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