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The CAREM concept was first presented in March 1984 in Lima, Peru, during the IAEA conference on small and medium size reactors.CAREM design criteria or similar ones have since been adopted by other plant designers, originating thus a new generation of reactor design, of which the CAREM was, chronologically, one of the first.The Argentinean CAREM Project, consists of the development,design and construction of an advanced, simple and small Nuclear Power Plant.This project allows Argentina to sustain activities in the nuclear power plant design area, assuring the availability of updated technology in the near term.This implies working with technology acquired in Research Reactors design, construction and operation, and Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) Nuclear Power Plant operation as well as developing advanced design solutions.CAREM is an indirect cycle reactor with some distinctive features which allow great system simplification and also contribute to a high level of safety:integrated primary cooling system;primary cooling by natural circulation;Self pressurization;safety systems relying on passive features.Argentina plans to build and operate a small prototype of 27 MW (e), called CAREM-25, which will be followed by larger projects with higher power ratings.After several years of development, the CAREM project reached such a maturity level that the Argentine government decided to pursue the construction of a CAREM prototype.CAREM Project activities are now focused on obtaining the construction permit.