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Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Benchmark (LFR)

Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) are rather new concepts which have gathered increasing international attention after the Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) selected them as promising candidates ...

Generation IV reactors Verification and validation Verification Validation Liquid metal reactors Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 31 January 2023
Joint project
Dragon Project

View of Dragon Reactor. Photo: AEA Technology.

In 1959, twelve OECD countries began the Dragon Reactor Experiment (DRE) to build a reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, United Kingdom. The Dragon was the fi...

Criticality safety Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Reactor physics …
Published date: 14 October 2022
Joint project
Loss of Forced Coolant (LOFC) Project

JAEA  High-temperature Engineering Test Reactor Photo: Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)

 

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facil...

Generation IV reactors Gas-cooled reactors Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI …
Published date: 11 October 2022
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High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...

Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Multiphysics Reactor physics …
Published date: 22 June 2022
Publications and Reports
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactors and Industrial Heat Applications

Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...

English SMR Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Gas-cooled reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology …
Published date: 16 June 2022
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High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactors and Industrial Heat Applications - report launch
16 June 2022
Online webinar

Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050, due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technolog...

Generation IV reactors Gas-cooled reactors Nuclear technology
Published date: 1 June 2022
Publications and Reports
Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...

English Generation IV reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology Climate change SMR Long-term operation Small modular reactors Generation II and III reactors Generation III reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear innovation Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
Published date: 12 May 2022
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Updates from the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) 

The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) held its semi-annual Policy Group meetings from 18 to 28 October 2021 to review and discuss its ongoing work and activities.

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Published date: 4 November 2021
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Safety considerations for advanced nuclear reactors

The NEA Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) held its biannual meeting via video conference on 21-23 April 2021, welcoming a new member representing Poland’s National Centre for N...

Generation IV reactors Regulation WGSAR Advanced reactors Regulation of new and advanced reactors …
Published date: 28 April 2021
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Generation IV International Forum (GIF) updates 

Generation IV International Forum (GIF) updates 

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Published date: 2 December 2020