An agreement signed by state nuclear company Nucleoeléctrica means a project to complete a domestically designed Carem-25 small modular reactor in Argentina can go ahead, the government said.

According to a statement on the government’s website, the agreement, between Nucleoeléctrica and construction company Henisa Sudamericana. The statement said the contract is for construction of the reactor building, which represents a fundamental step for the reactivation of the work.

The 20-month contract is focused on construction of “all the concrete structures of the Carem-25 reactor building” and between 230 and 250 workers will be involved at the site of the Atucha nuclear power station near the town of Lima in Buenos Aires province.