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GIF General Information and Status of Arrangements

18-19 March 2019,IAEA

Dr Henri PAILLERENEA – Head, GIF Technical Secretariat

th GIF / IAEA Interface Meeting – 18-19 March 2019

Outline GIF organisation – governance Technical Secretariat organisation Update on GIF membership:

UK, new active member since January 2019 Turkey’s bid to join GIF

Update on status of R&D arrangements (systems, projects) GIF publications:

2017 Annual Report, R&D Outlook, Proc. 4th GIF Symposium Task Force activity:

TF on R&D infrastructures ; TF on E&T– webinars ITF on advanced manufacturing and materials engineering

Next EG/PG meetings NEA recent activity on advanced reactors & electricity markets


Generation IV International Forum (GIF)governance structure (2019)

Chair PG: Mr Hideki KAMIDE (JAEA, JP)

Policy Director:Mr Nobuchika KAWASAKI (JAEA, JP)Technical Director (tbc)Mr Gilles RODRIGUEZ (CEA, FR)Technical Secretariat:Dr Henri PAILLERE (OECD/NEA)


Coordination of TSH. Paillere

VHTR SSCS. Chang

VHTR MATA. Vaya Soler

VHTR FFCS. Cornet

VHTR HPS. Chang

VHTR CMVBS. Chang

GFR SSCA. Vaya Soler

GFR CD&SA. Vaya Soler

GFR FCMA. Vaya Soler

SCWR SSCH. Paillere

SCWR TH&SH. Paillere

SCWR M&CH. Paillere

SCWR SIAH. Paillere

SFR SSCS. Okajima

SFR AF phase II

S. Okajima

SFR SOS. Okajima

SFR GACIDS. Okajima

SFR SIAS. Okajima

SFR CDBOPS. Okajima

LFR pSSCS. Chang

MSR pSSCA. Vaya Soler

Assistant TSG. Grosch

EMWGA. Vaya Soler

RSWGM. Demeshko

SDC TFS. Okajima

PRPPWGM. OhirkoSIAP

M. Deffrennes

GIF Technical Secretariat

as of February 2019~ 12 staff members (part time) & 3 full

time staff (including 2 CFEs)

E&T TFH. Paillere

Legal Support

X. Vasquez

IT Support

M. Bossant

RD TFH. Paillere

AM iTFH. Paillere


GIF membership (2019)


UK – “active” GIF member The UK was among the first countries to join the GIF Signatory of the GIF Charter and the GIF Framework Agreement (in 2005) –

but had not ratified the FA. UK R&D teams involved in GIF projects through Euratom (until now) The UK deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the FA on 17 October 2019 The FA entered into force for the UK

on 16 January 2019 It consequently signed: The VHTR System Arrangement The SFR System Arrangement


Turkey’s bid to join GIF

Turkey presented its bid to join the GIF at the PG meeting (Oct 2018) GIF Policy Group agreed to review the bid:

» Discussions (phone conferences) between GIF and Turkish experts on areas of common interest (mainly MSR, materials, advancedpower conversion systems – Brayton cycles) to be organisedMarch/April

» GIF delegation Technical visit to TUBITAK in Turkey summer 2019 and report to PG

» Decision on Turkey’s bid at the PG meeting in China (17-18 Oct2019)


● : signatory of System Arrangement● : signatory of Project Arrangement ● : signatory of MoU

GIF members’ involvement in Gen IV systems R&DAs of 27 February 2019


Arrangements (Feb 2019)Effective since AUS CA EU FR JP CN KR ZA RU CH UK US

VHTR SA Extended X X X X X X X X XHP PA 19-Mar-08 / Ext X X X X S X O X FFC PA 30-Jan-08 / Ext. X X X X X XMAT PA 30-Apr-10 Amd. O X X X X X X XCMVB PA Prov – PP ready P P P P O P

SFR SA Extended X X X X X X X XAF PA (II) 18 April 2018 X X X X X X XGACID PA 27-Sep-07 / Exp. X X XCDBOP PA 11-Oct-07 / Ext. O X X O X O XSO PA 11-Jun-09 X X X X X X XSIA PA 22-Oct-14 X X X X X X X

SCWR SA Extended X X X X XM&C PA 6-Dec-10 X X O X OTH&S PA 5-Oct-09 X X O X OSIA PA Provisional P P P P P

GFR SA Extended X X XCD&S PA 17-Dec-09 X XFCM PA Provisional P P P

LFR MOU no limit X X O X X XMSR MOU no limit X O X X O O O X X XX = SIGNATORY P = PROVISIONAL PARTICIPANT O = OBSERVER S = SIGNATURE PROCESS ONGOING

Signed recently Exp: expired / Ext: extended / Amd: AmendmentTo be extended


Annual Report 2017 & R&D Outlook 2018

Annual Report 2017: Published and available on GIF website 2018 Annual Report replaced by

Proceedings of 4th GIF Symposium (seenext slide)

R&D Outlook 2018: An update of the 2009 R&D Outlook Stand-alone high-level summary, published

at the 4th GIF Symposium (Oct 2018) Full report to be published soon


4th GIF Symposium – 16-17 Oct 2018 A very successful event Over 200 participants Plenary sessions with key note

speakersavailable at:

http://gifsymposium2018.gen-4.org/programme.html

Parallel sessions for the technicaltracks

More than 50 papers submitted, to be included in the Proceedings (to be published 2019)

http://gifsymposium2018.gen-4.org/programme.html


Task Force on Research Infrastructures TOR of the TF approved by the PG in Cape Town (Oct 2017) 1st meeting took place in Feb 2018, hosted by NEA

Representatives of GIF systems Representatives of Expert Group / countries Representatives of international organisations: IAEA, OECD NEA

Chair: R. Garbil from EURATOM / Co-Chairs: A. Vasile from France and S. Kim from Korea

Objectives: promote synergies between systems, enhance utilisation of researchfacilities, identify key research infrastructures that are needed (and may not exist)

Regular TF meetings by phone conference Paper presented at 4th GIF Symposium TF Report in preparation (2019) Two-day workshop on experimental needs (including from private sector

companies developing advanced reactors) planned week 17-21 Feb 2020


Task Force Education & Training - webinars


Interim Task Force on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering

TOR of the interim Task Force on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering approved by PG at its May 2018 meeting.

Chair: Mr Lyndon Edwards (ANSTO)

Several conference calls organisedsince May PG meeting

Experts nominated by PG members.

iTF has sent out a survey to internalGIF experts and external experts:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WMVS67K

Report to be produced in 2019

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WMVS67K


EG/PG meetings: 27-31 May 2019, Vancouver

Monday 27 May: Technical Visit Tuesday 28 May: EG meeting

SIAP meeting Wed 29 May: EG meeting (morning)

EMWG meeting (morning)Joint EMWG/SIAP/SSC workshop on flexibility

Thursday 30 May: Policy GroupCNL-organised SMR round table

Friday 31 May: Policy Group

A GIF/NICE Future Side Event may also be organised as part of the CEM side-events

Joint EMWG/SIAP/SSC workshop on flexibility

EMWG Questionnaire sent to SSC members in January 2019


EG/PG meetings in Weihai, China, 14-18 October 2019

EG meeting: 14-15 October 2019

Technical Visit: 16 October 2019 HTR-PM site

Policy Group meeting: 17-18 October 2019


Update on NEA activities relevant to GIFUnder Nuclear Development Committee

Recently published: The Full Costs of Electricity Provisionhttps://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/webinars/2018/electricity-costs/

On-going studies:- Nuclear cogeneration- Advanced Reactors and Future Energy

Market Needs (ARFEM)- Flexibility (including load following

capabilities), SMRs & Cogeneration- Reducing Costs of Nuclear Generation

(started in June 2018)- Long Term Operation (started June 2018)

https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/webinars/2018/electricity-costs/


Update on NEA activities relevant to GIFUnder Nuclear Development Committee

Recently published:

The costs of decarbonisation: system costs with high shares of nuclear and renewables

https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/pubs/2019/7299-system-costs.pdf

Webinar:

https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/webinars/2019/system-costs/

https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/pubs/2019/7299-system-costs.pdf

https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/webinars/2019/system-costs/


Innovation Bootcamp: 19-30 August 2019 at NEAhttp://nuclearinnovationbootcamp.org/

The 25 selected participants will gain a greater understanding on various topics key to the nuclear industry while nurturing their own project. The two-week program is centered on real-world team projects, and includes expert-led sessions as well as hands-on activities to boost creativity and innovation, including:

• Cross-cutting Needs in Nuclear Energy Systems• Innovations, Creativity & Product Development• Advanced Nuclear Technologies• Government, Policy, and Communications• Venture Fundamentals, Markets and Financing• Licensing and Export Control

Deadline for applications: 15 May 2019


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