After the final local tests which were performed at our facilities jointly by NASA, CONAE, Argentine Universities´ and INVAP personnel, with the assistance of technicians from the other participating countries - Italy, France and Canada - SAC-D was finally dispatched for final tthermovacuum tests to be performed in Brazil, with its principal payload, the radiometer especially concieved by JPL/NASA to measure Ocean salinity and "roughness". If these tests are passed - succesfully, as expected - the equipment will progress to the Vandenberg Base of the US Air Force, to be launched next April by a Delta II vector.

25-08-2010 - Happy Birthday, OPAL : Last August 12, 2010, the Australian nuclear reactor OPAL, built by INVAP, celebrated four years since having attained criticality for the first time. Both our client, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organizatios, ANSTO, and oursevlves, are very happy to celebrate together the sucess of this joint undertaking.

25-06-2010 - SAC-D/Aquarius mission departs for final environmental tests in Brazil. : After the final local tests which were performed at our facilities jointly by NASA, CONAE, Argentine Universities´ and INVAP personnel, with the assistance of technicians from the other participating countries - Italy, France and Canada - SAC-D was finally dispatched...

16-02-2010 - BIDDING FOR DUTCH NUCLEAR REACTOR “PALLAS” DELAYED - INVAP CHOSEN AS BEST PROPOSAL : The Dutch organization Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NRG) has decided to “extend the preparatory phase” of the construction of the nuclear reactor PALLAS and suspend the tender until the feasibility of different financing schemes has been examined.

20-01-2010 - Ms PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA, Dr CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER INAUGURATES NEW INSTALLATIONS OF INVAP : In her speech, Ms President called for a deepening of Argentina´s presence in Science and Technology. Last January 20, inauguration of the first stage of the new facilities and the starting of work on the second stage were presided by the President of Argentina, Ms Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In her speech she said, “This kind of undertaking is essential for the progress of a country”. With other national and provincial authorities she toured the new installations in full detail.

05-06-2009 - Instrument to be carried by SAC-D arrived in Bariloche. : The final version of the NASA (JPL) owned, highly original, costly and unique ocean salinity measuring device, has arrived in Bariloche to be mounted on the Argentine Satellite platform SAC-D.

26-05-2009 - High Level Delegation from Argelia visits INVAP and Balseiro Institute : Within the framework of existing binational cooperation agreements, INVAP received the visit of a delegation from Argelia, led by the Minister for Energy and Mining of that country, S.E.D. Chakib Khelil. The delegation also visited the Bariloche Atomic Research center of CNEA as well as the Balseiro Institute.

14-05-2009 - PROPOSAL PRESENTED IN THE NETHERLANDS : On May 11th, near Amsterdam, INVAP and its spanish associate ISOLUX CORSÁN presented the technical-commercial proposal for the construction of a 80 MW Nuclear Research Reactor "Pallas". INVAP and ISOLUX have been working on this proposal for more than one and a half years.

10-12-2008 - SUCCESFUL PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW OF FIRST ARGENTINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE : During the last days of November the Preliminary Design Review of the first Argentine Geostationary Telecommunications Satellite ARSAT-1, of the recently created state enterprise Soluciones Satelitales SA, belonging to the Ministry of Federal Planning and Public Investment

01-10-2008 - INVAP distinguished with the Platinum KONEX Award for the decade 1998-2007 : After receiving the regular Konex Award on September 9, the grand jury of the KONEX Foundation has distinguished INVAP - out of a group of the five winners of the above reward in our category - with the Platinum Konex Award in the field of "Scientific and Tecnological Research Institutions" for the decade 1998-2007.

12-09-2008 - INVAP receives the Konex Award for 2008 : INVAP has been distinguished with the 2008 Konex Award in the field of "Scientific and Tecnological Research Institutions" for the decade 1998-2007.

29-08-2008 - First Argentine Telecommunications Satellite to be built by INVAP : In a ceremony headed by the President of Argentina, Ms Dr. Cristina Fernández, on August 28, 2008 the contract covering phases II to IV of the design and construction of the first Argentine Geostationary Communications Satellite - called ARSAT-1 - was signed between INVAP and AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, SA).

7-8-2008 - Critical Design Review of the SAC-D/Aquarius space mission : On July, 24 the Critical Design Review of the SAC-D/Aquarius space mission was completed, with the participation of specialists from NASA, CONAE, CNEA, INVAP and some academic institutions, both from Argentina and the US. All participants agreed on the full success of the meeting.

15-07-2008 - FIRST EGYPTIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: INVAP ASPIRES TO BE CONSULTING BODY. : Early this year, the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority made an international call for bids to contract consulting services for the construction of their first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Months later our company, in association with the Finnish firm Pöyry, is still in the race, competing with another six companies from different countries.

15-05-2008 - OPAL reactor again in operation : The OPAL nuclear research reactor, built by INVAP near Sydney, NSW, Australia, is again in operation.

01-03-2008 - SAC-D/Aquarius mission passes NASA and CONAE Critical Design Review : Last week, around 180 space technicians met in Bariloche for the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the SAC-D mission. These specialists came from numerous participating institutions: NASA, CONAE, La Plata National University, the Argentine Instute for Radioastronomy, the Research Center for Optics of the Argentine Research Council, the National Atomic Energy Commision, the Canadian Space Agency ant the Brasilian Space Reseach Instutute (INPE), as well as INVAP.

12-02-2008 - FIRST WIND-POWERED BUILDING : Invap Ingeniería has installed an IVS 4500 wind-turbine on the roof of a building under construction in Mar del Plata, the main tourist town on the Argentine coast. This equipment will contribute to the power required by the building, mainly to provide the general services. This is the first time wind-power will be supplied directly to a building

21-12-2007 - INVAP prequalifies for a new nuclear Reactor for Holland : The Dutch company Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NRG) has announced on December 18th that INVAP is one of the three companies prequalified to participate in the international tender to design and construct a new Research Reactor for Holland.

08-12-2007 - The Argentine Air Force has authorized the official operation of the Secondary Single Pulse Radar "INKAN" : The Argentine Air Force, assisted by the International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO), has authorized the official operation of the Secondary Single Pulse Radar "INKAN" - developed and built by INVAP - whose operation will be a significative addition to the safety of civil aeronautics in Argentina.

27-07-2007 - Media Release - Australia’s new nuclear reactor, OPAL : Australia’s new nuclear reactor, OPAL, is to shut down for approximately eight weeks to address recent issues identified during its initial operation phase over the past eleven months. There are currently no safety or radiation exposure issues, and the independent regulator ARPANSA has been advised.

11-06-2007 - Refuelling a polish reactor with argentine silicide fuel elements : On June 11, 2007, INVAP, as commercial representative and in cooperation with the argentine Atomic Energy Commission, CNEA, signed a contract with IAEA and the Atomic Energy Institute of Poland for the development and provision of uranium silicide fuel elements for the polish "Maria" reactor.

20-04-2007 - Official inauguration of the OPAL reactor in Sydney, Australia : Under the chair of Australia´s Prime Minister John Howard, last April, 20th. the oficial inauguration of the OPAL nuclear reactor took place at Lucas Heights NSW, near Sydney.

26-02-2007 - INVAP as Technical Consultant for Japanese reactor : Two Technical Assistance contracts have been signed between INVAP and "Marubeni Utility Services" of Japan.

14-11-2006 - The OPAL reactor already has received seven awards in Australia : Not only is the OPAL operating to full satisfaction of its owner, ANSTO - and has achieved full power some days ago - but it has also received seven industrial awards, for different aspects. Some of these awards date from the construction period, and involve jointly INVAP, ANSTO and some of our subcontractors.

10-11-2006 - Sydney Opal reactor at full power : On November 3rd, at 11:45 a.m. local time (9:45 p.m. of november 2nd, Argentine time) the OPAL reactor reached its full design power of 20 MW for the first time, operated by the Australian operating team.

10-11-2006 - INVAP to build 11 radar systemas to improve control of aeronavigation in Argentina. : On November 8, 2006, the President of Argentina signed the decree which authorizes the expenditures for INVAP to build 11 secondary radar systems.

20-9-2006 - INVAP and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA to collaborate in the completion of the construction of NPP AtuchaII. : On september 18th, INVAP and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina (NA-SA), a state-owned company which operates all Argentine Nuclear Power Plants, have signed an agreement by which INVAP can be contracted by NA-SA for any work tending towards the completion of NPP AtuchaII.

12-08-2006 - Criticality achieved in Australian, INVAP-built OPAL reactor : Australia´s OPAL reactor, built by INVAP in the premises of Lucas Heights, NSW, reached critical status for the first time on August 12, 2006.

14-07-2006 - Australian Regulatory Authority authorizes operation of OPAL : The Nuclear Regulatory Authority, ARPANSA, has issued today the authorization to operate the OPAL reactor. In the immediate, this implies the charging of the Argentine-made fuel elements, and the beginning of exhaustive tests leading to the final start-up of the 20-MW research reactor, sited in Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.

28-06-2006 - INVAP to perform nuclear calculations for Canadian company : INVAP received a purchase order from AECL to perform nuclear thermal-hydraulic and neutronic calculations as part of an independent review of some experimental measurements performed in the MAPLE-1 reactor and for the development of an scenario of events or phenomena consistent with those measurements.

29-05-2006 - INVAP qualifies for participation in US nuclear projects : According to Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, INVAP qualifies as a purveyour of nuclear components and services in the lower levels of safety requierements and prequalifies for the uppermost levels according to standards of US nuclear industry.

13-02-2006 - Forest Fire Prevention : In the presence of the Governor of Rio Negro and other authorities, on Feb. 9th last a system for the early detection of forest fires was handed over to the provincial forest fire authority, SPLIF.

13-02-2006 - First stage of Comissioning authorized for OPAL reactor : INVAP has received the official authorization from ANSTO to commence the first stage - "Stage A" - of the Commissioning procedure of the OPAL reactor in Australia.

29-11-2005 - INVAP to build an exhibiton facility for the "Children of the Llullaillaco" : INVAP has been assigned by the Government of the Province of Salta, Argentina, the task to design and to build for the Museum of High Altitude Archaeology of Salta a facility to allow the conservation and public exhibition of the so-called "Children of the Llullaillaco"...

19-08-2005 - A delegation of the Argentine Congress visits works of the nuclear reactor which INVAP is building in Australia : By invitation of the Australian Parlament, a delegation of the Argentine National Congress recently visited the very advanced construction site of the OPAL reactor INVAP is building for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) at Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.

11-07-2005 - INVAP is awarded the La Nación-TCA 2005 prize for “The Most Innovative Export” : INVAP was awarded the 2005 prize for Excellence in Export – in the category of Most Innovative Technological Export- instituted by one of the most important newspapers of Argentina, together with Terminal de Cargas Argenina and several other sponsors...

12-03-2005 - GENERAL COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH FUNDACIÓN BARILOCHE SIGNED BY INVAP : On march 8th INVAP and FUNDACION BARILOCHE signed a general agreement to collaborate in research projects and technical assistance on subjects related to Energy, Economy and Environment.

28-02-2005 - INVAP designated "Institution of the Year" by Bariloche Rotarians on 100th Anniversary" : Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Rotary International, on past February 23rd, the local Bariloche local Chapter distinguished INVAP as "Institution of the Year" for "its constant support of the development of our city and its sense of solidarity with its community".

02-02-2005 - INVAP get the Honorary Mention "Senador Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" : On January 24th, 2005, INVAP was awarded the Honorary Mention "Senador Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" instituted by the National Senate.

02-02-2005 - A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL POPULAR CONGRESS VISITED INVAP ON JANUARY 20th, IN ORDER TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COLLABORATION IN NUCLEAR, SPACE, MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES. :

07-01-05 - INVAP builds early warning system for forest fires. : Employing technologies developed for space observation systems, INVAP is constructing an on-line telemetric system for early detection of forest fires, which frequently haunt the natural forests of the Patagonian Andes during hot and dry summer months.

17-12-2004 - The Argentine Congress has completed the constitutional procedure for the approval of the Agreement between the Argentine Republic and Australia : On the 17th of December 2004 the Argentine Congress has completed the constitutional procedure for the approval of the Agreement between the Argentine Republic and Australia on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

18-11-2004 - President Hu Jintao of the People´s Republic of China visits INVAP : INVAP is honored to announce that on November 17, 2004, we received the visit of the President of the People´s Republic of China, Mr. Hu Jintao, during his short stay in our hometown, San Carlos de Bariloche...

07-10-2004 - INVAP to export Radiotherapy Centres and Equipment to Venezuela : Early in October, INVAP has signed a contract to furnish –on a “turn-key” basis- 18 radiotherapy centres to the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Venezuela, to be constructed in different sites all over that country....

24-04-2004 - INVAP excellence in design achieves international recognition. : Among all users of top-level Bentley engineering design software employed worldwide among designers of highly complex projects, INVAP has been nominated for the annual Bentley Award 2004 in the category “Plant”.

03-03-2004 - The Memorandum of Understanding for SAC-D/Aquarius construction in Argentina was signed : In Buenos Aires a Memorandum of Understanding which gives formal status to the decision to construct fully in Argentina the joint space mission SAC-D/Aquarius was signed.

03-03-2004 - New step on RRR building : On January 23rd, 2004, the main pool of the Repalecement Research Reactor INVAP is building in Australia was put in its final place.

17-11-2003 - On November 7, 2003 INVAP hosted a visit of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) :

16-10.2003 - Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentine and Algerian Space Agencies : Last October 16, CoNAE and its counterpart, ASAL, the Algerian Space Agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the cooperation of both nations in space technology.

03-10-2003 - INVAP’s Nuclear Projects Manager, Juan José Gil Gerbino M.Sc., has been awarded this decade’s Konex Platinum Award : INVAP’s Nuclear Projects Manager, Juan José Gil Gerbino M.Sc., has been awarded this decade’s Konex Platinum Award. In Argentina, this is the accolade of accolades, awarded once every ten years for outstanding achievements in science and/or technology.

26-08-2003 - OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE SPACE EXPERTS OF BRAZIL :

25-08-2003 - FIRST EXPORT OF ARGENTINE FREEZEDRYING PLANT : Exportadora de Hortalizas, S.A. de C.V. from Querétaro, Mexico, has signed with INVAP a turnkey contract for the supply foodstuff freeze-drying plant. The produce to process will be vegetables, fine fruit, mangos, soups, etc.

25-08-2003 - Dan Jacobo Beninson (1931-2003) : On the occasion of his decease, INVAP wishes to render hommage to Dr. Dan Jacobo Beninson, a key champion of nuclear science and technology in Argentina and a distinguished expert in radiation protection of international renown.

18-06-2003 - INVAP to provide Monopulse Secondary Radars for Air Traffic Control to Argentine Air Force : Within the next two years, INVAP will develop the first domestic Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) for use for air traffic control of domestic flights. In subsequent years, INVAP will fabricate and install ten more SSRs to cover Argentina´s national airspace...

30-05-2003 - Statement from ANSTO Regarding an Error of Alignment in a Number of Penetrations in the Wall of the Replacement Reactor Pool Tank. : ANSTO was informed earlier this month about an error in the alignment of penetrations in the reactor pool tank, part of the replacement research reactor currently being constructed at Lucas Heights.

30-03-2003 - INVAP in the IGORR 9 : The Ninth Meeting of the International Group on Research Reactors (IGORR) was held in Sydney, Australia, on 24-28 March 2003. During this meeting, professionals from INVAP submitted technical works related to the Replacement Research Reactor project...

03-12-2002 - INVAP sells its first gamma therapy unit in Brazil : In the field of nuclear medicine, Argnetina is no longer a purely annoying competitor but quite a serious opponent

29-11-2002 - Agreement with Australia: Support from the Environmental Sciences Academy : During its plenary meeting on 29 October 2002, the Argentine Environmental Science Academy considered the Draft Agreement with Australia on the sale of a Nuclear Research Reactor...

29-11-2002 - Agreement between Argentina and Australia : The Department of Science, Technology and Production Innovation (SEPCyT) , the Argentine Scientific Research, Education and Technology Council (CONICET), the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission CNEA), the Argentine Industrial Technology Institute (INTI) and the Argentine Agriculture and Stockbreeding Technology Institute (INTA) express their endorsement of the agreement

11-11-2002 - First court ruling on INVAP and ANSTO contract : On October 31, 2002, the Federal Judge in charge of Court of Law Number 8 of the Federal District of Buenos Aires, Argentina, issued its ruling on the claim submitted by the prosecutors of the same court of Law, attorneys Eduardo Freiler and Federico Delgado, with reference to the contract signed between INVAP and ANSTO...

03-11-2001 - Greenpeace’s toilets (Tribuno Digital) : Greenpeace showed its true colours once again, and this time in a most grotesque way. It sat its lazy and clownish militants on the front steps of Congress....

28-10-2002 - Buenos Aires City Bar Association backs INVAP : The Bar Association of Buenos Aires City holds the view that the agreement signed by the Argentine government and Australia to allow the Argentine Republic to receive and recycle waste of nuclear origin does not violate the Argentine Constitution...

23-10-2002 - INVAP at America's nuclear symposium : A delegation of experts from INVAP took part in the America’s Nuclear Energy Symposium held in Miami, USA, from 16-18 October 2002. The delegation members were J. Lolich, P. Abbate, M. Salvatore and C. Barrientos.

23-10-2002 - ANGRA-3 to be completed by Brazil : Brazil Takes Key Step Towards Completing New Power Reactor Brazil’s outgoing government has taken a key step towards authorising completion of the unfinished third unit at the country’s Angra nuclear power plant site.

27-09-2002 - RACA and INVAP announce strategic commercial and industrial alliance : RACA and INVAP have announced a strategic alliance that will strengthen the competitiveness of their commercial initiatives into the world of aerospace industry...

18-09-2002 - PRESS RELEASES FROM NASA AND INVAP ON SAC-D-AQUARIUS MISSION : NASA calls it Aquarius, we call it SAC-D. But it is the same thing: a very successful Argentine small satellite standard platform (SSSP) built by INVAP at the Patagonian town of Bariloche for CONAE...

17-09-2002 - Greenpeace application for judicial review of the licence for construction for the replacement research reactor project is dismissed : An important result, future reference for some other similar projects around the world, was achieved last Friday 13 September 2002, when a Federal Court in Australia fully dismissed a Greenpeace submission against the granting of the License for Construction of the Replacement Research Reactor Project (RRRP)...

12-09-2002 - ANSTO Provides Geological Information to ARPANSA : The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) will today provide to Australia’s independent nuclear regulator, the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), information confirming that the geological and seismological basis...

09-09-2002 - Invensys and INVAP Form Alliance That Will Support Digital Upgrades and Control Retrofit Programs in the Nuclear Power Industry : Products and services from both companies will meet anticipated high demand for capital retrofits at Nuclear Power plants

05-04-2002 - RRR Reactor : ARPANSA, the Australian Nuclear Regulatory Body, has issued the Construction Licence for the Replacement Reactor, which is being constructed by INVAP under the contract from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), signed in July, 2000...

21-03-2001 - SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (PSAR) : The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) was handed over to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, (ARPANSA)...