Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF)

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Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) A Case Study of FFTF using the Facts of Life Pictured: Fast Flux Test Facility at Hanford, Washington (Source: Federation of American Scientists) Emily Vetterick

Background Information Nuclear Energy and Relevant Factors Nuclear Energy – how is it made? Evolution of reactor design concepts Light Water Reactor Breeder Reactor Is Nuclear Energy Unsafe? Average American Propaganda on both sides Prototype Breeder Reactors in the US Plutonium Breeder Reactor Program Part 1: FFTF - Fast Flux Test Facility Part 2: CRBR - Clinch River Breeder Reactor Part 3: Full Scale Commercial Breeder Reactor Prototype Photo Source: Stamp Collecting Website http://www.theswedishtiger.com/x1955.html)

Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) The Program Specifics 1967 Original Authorization for the program 1975 Update to the plan The Actuals The FFTF Site Photo Source: Article entitled “Save the Fast Flux Test Facility” The Fuel Assembly for the FFTF Photo Source: Article entitled “Save the Fast Flux Test Facility”

Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) The Timeline and Facts of Life FFTF Fully Operational FFTF Operations End FFTF Build Starts FFTF Build Complete FFTF Begins Major Tests EPA/State Agreement FFTF Shutdown President Nixon President Ford 3-Mile Island President Reagan Chernobyl Disaster Cold War Ends Other Breeders Shut Down President Carter

Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) Speaking of Other Breeder Reactors…

The FFTF and Similar Reactors Worldwide New FOLs? Political FOL’s vary by country European Union Russia Culture Matters – Safety Little impact to the reactor program: India, Russia Significant Impact to the reactor: Japan, UK

Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) Research Used Papers, Bulletins, Reports Research Report 8: International Panel on Fissile Materials (Fast Breeder Reactor Programs: History and Status) Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – 2004; Abbots Long Slow Death of FFTF Fast Breeder Reactor Programs: History and Status Fast Flux Test Facility Briefing Book 3 (Technical and Economic Viability of Future FFTF Operation) International Working Group on Fast Reactors – Eighth Annual Meeting (1975) Hanford Cleanup, The First 25 Years Books The Demise of Nuclear Energy? Lessons for Democratic Control of Technology

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