The only justification for restarting FFTF would seem to be weapons production for use on the post-Cold War nuclear battlefield. If that is the case, the DOE needs to be honest about its intentions. Whether Americans want to go this direction should be put before the public.
GAP objects to creation of new nuclear weaponry without any public involvement.
In addition, FFTF would create more long-lived radioactive waste at a site which has been proven beyond our means and capability of cleaning up. Finally, GAP has concerns about the safety of FFTF operation, a sodium-cooled, fast breeder reactor that uses plutonium as a fuel. Today the Department of Energy has moved one step closer to declaring nuclear war against the citizens of the Pacific Northwest. I can think of few more hostile acts than for the federal government to dump more dangerous nuclear waste into our backyard before they've made any real progress in cleaning up the current nuclear mess at Hanford. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore, as quoted in the Oregonian newspaper, reacting to the FFTF announcement by Secretary Richardson.