GIF carries out its mission through its Generation IV technology specific System Steering Committees and works on cross cutting and methodological matters through its Working Groups and Task Forces.
Get an overview of how Gen IV Nuclear Energy Systems are defined, what are the Generation IV criteria, which Nuclear Reactors Technologies were selected as capable of meeting those criteria and how this relates to the GIF Technology Roadmap (and its revisions).
Generation IV International Forum (GIF) was created as a co-operative international endeavour seeking to develop the research necessary to test the feasibility and performance of fourth generation nuclear systems, and to make them available for industrial deployment by 2030. Learn more about its governing agreements and structure here.
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The work of GIF on each of the six Gen-IV systems is governed by Systems Arrangements (SAs) or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that establish respectively System Steering Committees (SSCs) and provisional SSCs (pSSCs).
The SSCs report directly to the GIF Policy Group (PG), are in close communication with the Experts Group (EG) and are supported by the GIF Technical Secretariat (TS). They also provide input and can require support from Methodology Working Groups that look into cross cutting topics. Each SSC oversees several projects.
Learn more about the Generation IV International Forum, its organisation, its members, its projects.
DISCLAIMER: The entry into force of the 2025 GIF Framework Agreement on 1st March 2025 brings changes to the GIF membership. The website will be updated in due course to reflect these changes.
The Sodium Fast Reactor System Steering Committee (SFR SSC) was initially formed following the signing of the SFR System Arrangement in 2006 under the now expired 2005 GIF Framerwork Agreement. A new SFR SA has been opened for signatures under the new 2025 GIF FA and became effective in March 2025. This committee supervises five projects encompassing a wide array of subjects pertaining to Sodium Fast Reactors. Until recently, the SFR System was the sole system with commercially operating reactors globally.
The Gas-cooled Fast Reactor System Steering Committee (GFR SSC) was initially formed following the signing of the GFR System Arrangement in 2006. A new version of the GFR System Arrangement (SA) has been signed in 2025 under the new GIF 2025 Framework Agreement. Currently, two members of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) have signed the new GFR SA. The GFR SSC supervises two projects encompassing a wide array of subjects pertaining to Gas-cooled Fast Reactors.
