Super Critical Water Reactors GIF System Steering Committee

The Super Critical Water Reactors System Steering Committee (SCWR SSC) was formed following the signing of the SCWR System Arrangement in 2006. Currently, five members of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) are engaged in the activities of the SCWR SSC. This committee supervises four projects encompassing a wide array of subjects pertaining to Super Critical Water Reactors. The SCWR is the only water cooled reactor among the six Generation IV systems and is a relatively evolutionary approach from current light water reactors (LWRs) that compose the majority of the reactors operated today, it also benefits from the experience of modern fossil fueled plants that rely on a energy conversion system using super-critical water.

Activities and Membership of the Super Critical Water Reactors GIF System Steering Committee

GIF SCWR SSC gathers five GIF Members. It oversees three R&D cooperation projects. 

CN
People’s Republic of China
CA
Canada
EU
Euratom
JP
Japan
RU
Russian Federation

SCWR Projects

Project ArrangementProject DescriptionEffective Date

SIGNATORIES

(GIF Member)

SCWR materials and chemistry (M&C)
  • Conduct collaborative research on basic materials and chemistry development for the SCWR System
  • Acquire the data needed to ensure that the long-term behaviour of candidate materials for in-core and out-of-core components, including the fuel cladding
  • Specify a water chemistry regime for the testing of candidate materials, and ultimately for the successful operation of a prototype SCWR

2010

NRCan (CA)
JRC (EU)
IAE (JP)

SCWR thermal-hydraulics and safety (TH&S)
  • Conduct collaborative research on basic Thermal-hydraulic phenomena, safety, stability and methods development for the SCWR System
  • Develop reliable and robust codes for the analysis of core subchannel and SCWR system and providing accurate thermo-hydraulic data to those analysis codes
  • Perform experiments on thermo-hydraulic phenomena in laboratories and integral test loop
  • Establish a data base; and modification, improvement, and benchmarking of analysis codes

2009

NRCan (CA)
JRC (EU)
IAE (JP)

Provisional SCWR system integration and assessment (SIA)
  • Assess R&D and systems on the basis of conceptual designs
  • Define and refine requirements for the overall SCWR concept R&D
  • Review and integrate results from the R&D projects to assure consistency
  • Assess the system options and design tracks for conformance to Generation IV Technology Goals and other SCWR-specific requirements

2017

NRCan (CA)
SJTU (CN)
JRC (EU)

If you want to learn more about the Super Critical Water Reactor technology head to the SCWR System description page. If you want to learn more about the latest outcomes and international efforts carried out under the GIF SCWR SSC please refer to the most recent GIF Annual Report. 

SCWR SSC Leadership

Dr
Armando NAVA-DOMINGUEZ

SCWR SSC Chair

Dr
Alberto SÁEZ MADERUELO

SCWR SSC Co-Chair