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Generation IV international ForumOverall Mission

Development of one or several nuclear energy
systems which are

• Deployable by 2030
• Competitive in various markets
• With significant advances in
• Sustainability
• Economics
• Safety and reliability
• Proliferation resistant
• Physical protection
• Suitable for different applications
• Electricity, Hydrogen, Desalination, Heat
  production

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Goals for Future Nuclear Energy Systems -
Generation IV
Missions and additional criteria
5 fundamental criteria
ECONOMICS Competitiveness Investment cost
SAFETY Operation/Accidents Severe conditions
Electricity generation Hydrogen production High
temperature process heat Long-lived radioactive
waste burning High sustainability
Save natural resources (U, Th) Reuse (U, Pu)
fromexisting reactors
Minimize Waste production Integral recycling of
actinides
Enhance proliferation resistancePu
burning,Integration of fuel cycle
Symbiosis with existing LWRs Flexible adaptation
to diverse fuel cycles
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Generation IV international Forum The 6 reactors
to be studied and tested
SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR LEAD-COOLED FAST
REACTOR VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR GAS-COOLED
FAST REACTOR SUPER-CRITICAL WATER
REACTOR MOLTEN SALT REACTOR
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