Overview
- The CNEA confirmed Lavalle’s resignation and Porro’s appointment in an institutional communiqué released on December 16.
- Ramos Nápoli, recently installed to head the new Secretaría de Asuntos Nucleares, made the designation under the agency’s updated oversight.
- Porro brings more than three decades in the sector and most recently managed production at Dioxitek, where he oversaw record uranium dioxide output in 2024–2025.
- The CNEA’s statement credited Lavalle’s two-year tenure with advancing the RA-10 reactor plan, securing CEARP licensing, signing an MoU with Candu Energy, and delivering an Elekta EVO to Hospital Garrahan.
- Coverage highlights Porro’s past work alongside Ramos Nápoli at Dioxitek and reports a transition period in which the new leadership will steer ongoing strategic and medical-nuclear projects.