Generation IV International Forum (GIF) in Switzerland | hosted by PSI/NES in April 2025
The last EG-PG meetings have taken place from 7th to 11th April, 2025. This time the host was Switzerland, and the meetings were organized by PSI's Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences.
The Policy Group (PG) and the Experts Group (EG), which are the primary governing bodies of GIF, convene biannually. These meetings are crucial for receiving progress updates from each GIF System Steering Committee, Working Group, and Task Force. Additionally, they are the meetings where GIF leadership to strategise and make pivotal decisions regarding the future trajectory of GIF's initiatives.
Generation IV International Forum (GIF) was created as a co-operative international endeavour seeking to develop the research necessary to test the feasibility and performance of fourth generation nuclear systems, and to make them available for industrial deployment by 2030.
GIF carries out its mission through its Generation IV technology specific System Steering Committees and works on cross cutting and methodological matters through its Working Groups and Task Forces.
Ute D. Mayer
Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences
Paul Scherrer Institute PSI
ute.mayer@psi.ch