Amir Karimi Jafari - Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran – Iran

This paper provides a historical overview of the development of advanced reactors, with a focus onGeneration IV reactors and the unique international cooperative research and development frameworkthat was put in place within the Generation IV International Forum. The GIF has marked significantprogress in developing a next generation of reactor technologies that break out of the limitations ofcurrently deployed nuclear energy systems. Accompanying papers describe the related research anddevelopment activities for the six advanced reactor systems.

Generation IV reactors, molten salt reactor, gas-cooled fast reactor, lead-cooled fast reactor, sodium-cooled fast reactor