The structuring of the Mexican Nuclear Project within the context of the Cold War.

During the second half of the 20th century, the world was divided into two camps: communism and capitalism. The Soviet Union and the United States faced off in a series of political and economic conflicts that ended up permeating almost every sphere of society. The energy sector in particular was at a very delicate point, with nuclear energy positioned as the future of nations, yet its development posed a threat to both powers. Given the global outlook, Mexico was eager to increase its technological development and its energy sector. Therefore, since the 1950s, the federal government committed to the development of a nuclear project that included the creation of institutions dedicated to nuclear research, which would ultimately lead to the construction of one or more nuclear power plants to consolidate an energy transition and national sovereignty project, moving away from the use and extraction of fossil fuels as the country's main source of energy.