【美国《核子周刊》1979年10月25日报道】美国能源部准备退役400多个核设施,包括希平港反应堆,尽管这个轻水增殖堆堆芯还有2—3年的寿命。据美国能源部负责总的退役计划的里奇兰管理处报道,总计划包括要退役的40—50个重要的核设施,其中有橡树岭国家研究所的熔盐实验堆、爱达荷国家工程研究所的材料试验堆、韦尔登·斯普林铀精制厂和汉福特的4座老产钚 [Nuclear Weekly, October 25, 1979] The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to retire more than 400 nuclear facilities, including the Chipping Harbor reactor, although the light water breeder reactor core has a lifespan of 2-3 years. According to the Richland Management Office of the United States Department of Energy’s General Retirement Program, the master plan includes 40-50 important nuclear facilities to be decommissioned, among them the Molly Salt Experimental Reactor at the Oak Ridge National Research Institute and the Idaho National Project. The Institute’s material test reactor, the Weldon Spring uranium refinery, and the four old production stalls of Hanford