A close adviser to President Javier Milei is at the centre of an escalating internal and judicial dispute over alleged irregularities at Argentina’s state-owned nuclear operator.

Demian Reidel, president of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA, the state-owned company that operates the country’s nuclear power plants, is facing complaints related to the firm’s procurement processes and alleged overpricing in contracts for services and software.

Reidel, an economist and physicist who previously worked at the Central Bank during Federico Sturzenegger’s tenure, has emerged as one of Milei’s key economic advisers.

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