Igor Pioro is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at Ontario Tech University, and a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow of ASME, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His research covers nuclear engineering, including thermalhydraulics of nuclear reactors and Generation IV reactor concepts, and thermal sciences, including boiling and forced convection at supercritical pressures. He serves as Chief Scientific Investigator on International Atomic Energy Agency research agreements on Small Modular Reactor technologies.

• 1. IntroductionPart I: Generation IV nuclear-reactor concepts2. Generation IV International Forum 3. Very high-temperature reactor4. Gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs)5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor 6. Lead-cooled fast reactor7. Molten salt fast reactors8. Super-critical water-cooled reactorsPart II: Current status of Generation IV activities in selected countries9. Generation IV: USA10. Generation IV: European Union11. Generation IV concepts: Japan12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia 13. Generation IV concepts in Korea 14. Generation IV concepts: China15. Generation IV concepts: India Part III: Related topics to Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts16. The Safety and Risk Assessment of Advanced Reactors17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: political and social aspects 18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels 19 Generation IV Reactors for Nuclear Hydrogen Production20. Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Small- and Medium-size Reactors (S&MRs)21. Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV reactors22. Regulatory and Licensing Challenges with Generation-IV Nuclear Energy SystemsPart IV: Nuclear-Power Technologies Beyond Generation-IV concepts23. ITER. The Way to Fusion Energy

Igor Pioro is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at Ontario Tech University, and a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow of ASME, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His research covers nuclear engineering, including thermalhydraulics of nuclear reactors and Generation IV reactor concepts, and thermal sciences, including boiling and forced convection at supercritical pressures. He serves as Chief Scientific Investigator on International Atomic Energy Agency research agreements on Small Modular Reactor technologies.

• 1. IntroductionPart I: Generation IV nuclear-reactor concepts2. Generation IV International Forum 3. Very high-temperature reactor4. Gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs)5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor 6. Lead-cooled fast reactor7. Molten salt fast reactors8. Super-critical water-cooled reactorsPart II: Current status of Generation IV activities in selected countries9. Generation IV: USA10. Generation IV: European Union11. Generation IV concepts: Japan12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia 13. Generation IV concepts in Korea 14. Generation IV concepts: China15. Generation IV concepts: India Part III: Related topics to Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts16. The Safety and Risk Assessment of Advanced Reactors17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: political and social aspects 18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels 19 Generation IV Reactors for Nuclear Hydrogen Production20. Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Small- and Medium-size Reactors (S&MRs)21. Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV reactors22. Regulatory and Licensing Challenges with Generation-IV Nuclear Energy SystemsPart IV: Nuclear-Power Technologies Beyond Generation-IV concepts23. ITER. The Way to Fusion Energy

Igor Pioro is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at Ontario Tech University, and a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow of ASME, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His research covers nuclear engineering, including thermalhydraulics of nuclear reactors and Generation IV reactor concepts, and thermal sciences, including boiling and forced convection at supercritical pressures. He serves as Chief Scientific Investigator on International Atomic Energy Agency research agreements on Small Modular Reactor technologies.

• 1. IntroductionPart I: Generation IV nuclear-reactor concepts2. Generation IV International Forum 3. Very high-temperature reactor4. Gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs)5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor 6. Lead-cooled fast reactor7. Molten salt fast reactors8. Super-critical water-cooled reactorsPart II: Current status of Generation IV activities in selected countries9. Generation IV: USA10. Generation IV: European Union11. Generation IV concepts: Japan12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia 13. Generation IV concepts in Korea 14. Generation IV concepts: China15. Generation IV concepts: India Part III: Related topics to Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts16. The Safety and Risk Assessment of Advanced Reactors17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: political and social aspects 18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels 19 Generation IV Reactors for Nuclear Hydrogen Production20. Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Small- and Medium-size Reactors (S&MRs)21. Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV reactors22. Regulatory and Licensing Challenges with Generation-IV Nuclear Energy SystemsPart IV: Nuclear-Power Technologies Beyond Generation-IV concepts23. ITER. The Way to Fusion Energy