The IAEA is launching a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to support Member States in thermal-hydraulics modelling, tools development and experimental studies applicable to the design of ...

China has completed the basic technology research and published a development roadmap for a Generation IV demonstration supercritical-water-cooled reactor that could be commissioned in 2022. This ...

The reactor core may have a thermal or a fast-neutron spectrum, depending on the core design. The concept may be based on current pressure vessel or on pressure tube reactors, and thus use light water ...

There is a strong interest in further developing Super-Critical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) designs among Member States in thus supporting climate change mitigation beyond the current fleet of water ...