Argentina’s government is kicking off the partial privatisation of state-owned Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA, operator of the country’s three nuclear power plants: Atucha I, Atucha II and Embalse. Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA, otherwise known as NA-SA, operates plants with a total installed capacity of 1,763 MW, covering 7.35 percent of Argentina’s electricity demand. Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” head of state, vowed to sell-off struggling national firms while campaigning for office. Argentina has 34,000 tonnes of uranium reserves, compared with an annual domestic demand of only 220 tonnes. Analysts warn it may undermine other projects emblematic of technological self-sufficiency, such as the CAREM modular reactor in Zárate and long-discussed fourth and fifth nuclear plants.