Demián Reidel resigned as the head of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, the state-owned company that manages the country’s three nuclear power plants, amid corruption allegations.

A spokesperson for the company told the Herald that Reidel filed his resignation on Monday, during Nucleoeléctrica’s shareholder meeting, but that it had been agreed upon days before. 

Juan Martín Campos, a manager of uranium products manufacturer Dioxitek, was appointed as the new president of the company. The rest of the board, except for the titular director Diego Chaher, was also removed.

The news comes one week after the resignation of two managers of the company, both appointed by Reidel. General manager Marcelo Famá and administrative coordination manager Hernán Pantuso had been targeted by an internal complaint stating that Nucleoeléctrica had paid 1,000% more than originally budgeted for a software service and 140% than market prices for a cleaning service.

Around the same time that the complaint became public, local media also reported that Reidel had accumulated debts of AR$880........

© Buenos Aires Herald