The Very High Temperature Reactor System Steering Committee (VHTR SSC) was initially established under the now expired 2005 GIF Framework Agreement after the VHTR System Arrangement was signed in 2006. The new VHTR SA became effective in 2025 under the new 2025 GIF Framework Agreement. This committee oversees four projects that cover a broad range of topics related to Very High Temperature Reactors. The VHTR, along with Sodium Fast Reactors, is one of the Generation IV systems that has commercial-scale power reactors in operation today and has also had several in operation previously.