A 'Framework Agreement on International Collaboration in Research and Development on
Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems(GIF)' was signed yesterday by the
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The new Agreement will facilitate the start of an international collaborative effort to research advanced nuclear reactor systems for deployment from around 2030.
The GIF partners have identified six next generation technologies for development including: the Gas Cooled Fast Reactor; the Sodium Fast Reactor; the Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor; the Molten Salt Reactor; the Supercritical Water Reactor; and the Very High Temperature Reactor. The last technology concept forms the basis of the US research program to develop an ultra-safe, economic nuclear system that will be designed to produce electricity and hydrogen with substantially less waste and without emitting air pollutants or greenhouse gases.
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