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Origins of the GIF

Origins of the GIF

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Moisseytsev SCO2 Control and PDC Validation
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The first generation of nuclear reactor prototypes were constructed in the 1950s and 60s and culminated in the construction of the first series of civil nuclear power reactors. The construction of the second generation of reactors started at the beginning of the 1970s and marked the widespread appearance of Light Water Reactors (LWR), either Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) or Boiling Water Reac... more

Framework Agreement Signature

Economic Modelling Working Group (EMWG)

Proliferation Resistance & Physical Protection Working Group (PRPPWG)

Risk & Safety Working Group (RSWG)

Partners External Collaborators

GEN IV Evolution Designs

One of the fundamental goals for Generation IV nuclear energy systems is that they will have a clear life-cycle cost advantage over other energy sources. However, since Generation IV reactors are still at an early stage of development and will not be deployed commercially for at least two to three decades, it is difficult to quantify these cost benefits. In particular, Generation IV systems char... more

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Technical Secretariat

Technology System: SCWR

System Arrangements

Since they have been designed to operate in a thermal (less energetic) neutron spectrum, current Gen-II and Gen-III Light-Water Reactors (LWRs) can extract fission energy from only a small fraction of the uranium in the fuel (effectively only the "fissile" U-235 component, which makes up less than 1% of natural uranium). Under such conditions, known and easily accessible uranium reserves are cap... more

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The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) is a co-operative international endeavour which was set up to carry out the research and development needed to establish the feasibility and performance capabilities of the next generation nuclear energy systems.

The Generation IV International Forum has fourteen Members which are signatories of its founding document, the GIF Charter.

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Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (GFR)

Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (GFR)

Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR)

Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR)

Molten Salt Reactor (MSR)

Molten Salt Reactor (MSR)

Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactor (SCWR)

Technology System: SCWR

Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR)

Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR)

Very-High-Temperature Reactor (VHTR)

Very-High-Temperature Reactor (VHTR)

Education & Training

Partners External Collaborators

Generation IV International Forum Response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

GIF Presentations

R&D Outlook and Technology Roadmap

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