The Argentine Navy requested that INVAP develop the CAREM nuclear reactor to power these submarines, but the program was halted in late 1980s.
Some of the main competitors to General Atomics in the supply of research reactors are Areva of Europe and INVAP of Argentina.
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The feasibility study includes technicians from INVAP and CNEA, who are investigating the possible use of a CAREM reactor in the unfinished vessel.