Argentina’s nuclear regulator has issued a renewed licence to state operator Nucleoelectrica Argentina for the operation of the Atucha-2 nuclear power plant until 26 May 2026.
The Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN) said the new licence would take Atucha-2, a 693-MW pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) unit that began commercial operation in May 2016, up to the end of its first 10 years of operation, a decade which has seen a number of licence extensions.
In December 2015 ARN granted a conditional operating licence for Atucha-2, about 100 km northwest of Buenos Aires, until May 2016. It issued its initial five-year licence on 26 May 2016 following the completion of a programme of testing and training.