INVAP

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Official logo of INVAP.

INVAP S.E. (Spanish: Investigaciones Aplicadas Sociedad del Estado, "Applied Research, State Enterprise") is an Argentine high-technology company indirectly owned by the federal government dedicated to research and development in areas of high complexity such as nuclear energy, space technology, industrial technology, and medical and scientific equipment.

It was created in 1976 within an agreement between the government of the Río Negro Province and the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA).

The seat of the company is located in San Carlos de Bariloche, though its personnel work in different projects around the world.

INVAP is the only company in Argentina qualified by NASA (the US Aeronautics and Space Administration) for complete space projects ^[1] In this field, INVAP has shown its proficiency as constructor of satellites, payloads and ground stations with the SAC satellite family, developed for the Argentine space agency CONAE, being the only company in Latin America with full life cycle capabilities, from design and development through mission control and operation support. ^[2]

As of 2007, INVAP directly employs 360 persons, a figure that locally reaches close to 700 when a number of associated firms, contractors and suppliers are added. ^[3]

1 Nuclear reactors
2 Other projects commissioned
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Nuclear reactors

INVAP has constructed and installed the following nuclear reactors worldwide:

Country	Location	Name	Notes
Algeria	Algiers	NUR	Sold to Haut Commisariat pour la Recherche of the Algerian government.
Argentina	Bariloche	RA-6	For CNEA.
Argentina	Pilcaniyeu	RA-8	For CNEA.
Australia	Sydney	OPAL	Sold to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Egypt	Cairo	ETRR-2	Sold to the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority.
Peru	Lima	RP-0	Sold by CNEA to the Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear.
Peru	Huarangal	RP-10	Sold by CNEA to the Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear.