Orano
Major player in nuclear fuel cycle products and services, from mining to dismantling, conversion, enrichment, recycling, logistics and engineering.
22 in this dataset
12 organisations in FR
What these terms mean
Every classification on this page, defined. These are controlled-vocabulary terms, so the same word means the same thing on every profile.
- Supplier
- Supplies components, materials or fuel to the sector without developing a reactor or device of its own.
- Fuel cycle
- Mining, conversion, enrichment, fabrication, reprocessing, waste and tritium supply.
- Low-enriched uranium
- Below 5% U-235.
- Mixed oxide fuel
- Mixed oxide fuel, combining plutonium with uranium. Uses material recovered from reprocessing rather than fresh enrichment.
In Orano’s own words
Quoted from the organisation’s own site as we archived it. Their description of themselves, not ours, and not a claim this site has checked.
In our magazine, discover a group which is firmly embedded in the society of today and tomorrow.
Our mining operations cover uranium exploration, production and marketing worldwide, as well as the remediation of former mining sites.
Conversion involves purifying and processing uranium ore. This stage is carried out in our Philippe Coste conversion plant known for its modernity.
Thanks to the performance of its la Hague and Melox plants, Orano is the recognized international leader in the reprocessing and recycling of used fuel.
Orano has 50 years of experience in radioactive waste management and dismantling equipment at nuclear sites, or end-of-life facilities.
Orano is a benchmark supplier in the field of operations support for nuclear sites: work-site logistics, specialized maintenance and radiological security.
Throughout the fuel cycle, Orano provides its unique expertise in the design, certification and production of casks, as well as the associated transport.
Orano Med – a subsidiary of Orano – is a company that brings together biotechnologies and nuclear technology to develop new therapies to fight cancer.
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Where Orano sits
Composed from records in this dataset, not from outside research. Every figure below is counted from what the site holds, so it moves when the data does.
It is one of 12 we hold in FR.
Related organisations
Others pursuing the same approach, then others in the same country.
People
Names and roles as Orano’s own team page states them. Not verified against any other source, and rosters go out of date.
Sources
A source marked operator is the subject’s own publication. That is legitimate, and it is not independent confirmation. Methodology.