Overview

• The U.S. State Department announced Argentina’s entry into the civil nuclear initiative run by its Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, which partners with more than 50 countries.
• Argentina and the United States will co-preside a regional FIRST conference on small modular reactor deployment in Buenos Aires in 2026.
• As a contributing partner, Argentina will support FIRST activities worldwide through projects, study tours, training programs and other technical assistance.
• Presidential nuclear adviser Demian Reidel said the government aims to build four small modular reactors within five years while the indigenous CAREM design remains under construction.
• Local reporting noted the announcement followed the government’s plan to partially privatize Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A., operator of the Atucha I, Atucha II and Embalse plants.