GIF Charter

The founding document of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), a framework for international cooperation in research and development for the next generation of nuclear energy systems, are set out in the GIF Charter, first signed in July 2001 by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Republic of Korea, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Charter has since been signed by Switzerland (2002), Euratom (2003) and most recently by the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, both in November 2006.

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