...isotopes on the side as an additional selling point. It wasn't a new idea, of course. Advocates of the Hanford Fast Flux Test Facility in Washington state drew fire from SRS supporters some months back when they lobbied the Energy Department to...
...test reactor at Washington's Hanford Site to produce tritium for nuclear weapons. "I am convinced that the (Fast Flux Test Facility) presents too many risks to warrant further investment or inquiry," Deputy Secretary Charles Curtis wrote to...
...fall to operate the Hanford nuclear reservation for the federal government. In the past year, the fate of the Fast Flux Test Facility has become a key issue in the community surrounding the Washington state nuclear weapons plant. After intense...
...building a $3 billion linear accelerator, buying or leasing a commercial nuclear plant or converting the idle Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford site in Washington state to tritium production. Savannah River Site is vying for the accelerator...
...all. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary has said she expects to decide in the next few weeks whether the Hanford Fast Flux Test Facility will officially compete against a $3 billion accelerator that could be built at SRS early next century. The...
...representation of Fluor-Daniels Inc., operator of the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state. Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility has been put on standby for possible production of tritium, putting it in direct competition with the Savannah...
...River Site, but because of political efforts now someone else is in the ball game," Dr. Davison said. The Fast Flux Test Facility in Washington became a candidate for tritium production - a long-term mission SRS was vying for - after heavy...
...material. The outgoing energy chief assured that the Fast Flux Test Facility will be kept on active standby only as a "very...we're going to see more interest in the FFTF (Fast Flux Test Facility)," he said. If SRS's tritium aspirations...
...O'Leary said she'll soon announce, perhaps as early as next week, whether to include Hanford's experimental Fast Flux Test Facility in the competition. Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness, a group pushing for new SRS missions that speaks...
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