Orano - Annual Activity Report 2025 43 SITUATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES DURING THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR 2 The group’s businesses The Dismantling and Services business provides services to practically all of the French nuclear sites operated by Orano, the CEA and EDF. It also has operational contacts abroad, whether through the group’s subsidiaries (Orano GmbH and Orano DSR in Germany) or partnerships forged with local entities, for example in South Korea. Engineering & Projects Recognized as an expert in nuclear fuel cycle engineering through its subsidiary Orano Projects, Orano works on behalf of its own facilities and external customers. Services range from operator support engineering to full Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management (EPCM) assignments. It covers all the group’s activities: mining, conversion and enrichment, spent fuel recycling, decommissioning and waste management. Orano Projects also aims to contribute to the group’s growth targets by gradually expanding in the fields of nonfuel nuclear and non-nuclear applications. The Engineering business is thus present in diversified sectors such as industrial sectors with a high regulatory and environmental challenge and reliability in meeting deadlines, such as defense, healthcare-pharmaceuticals, chemicals and biotechnologies. The Engineering business draws on more than 70 years’ experience of designing and building production plants that are unique in the world (la Hague, Melox, Tricastin, Malvési), but also on the group’s flagship industrial plant renovation projects in France, including waste recovery and conditioning at la Hague, the Georges Besse II enrichment plants, the Philippe Coste conversion plant, the uranium chemistry facilities at Tricastin and Malvési, the lead-212 manufacturing plants for Orano Med, and project management assistance for the mining project in Mongolia. It also has recognized expertise in the design, management, and execution of international projects, particularly in Japan. In the United Kingdom, thanks to these large-scale engineering projects, Orano Limited is developing its skills and strengthening its attractiveness. The Orano group’s engineering teams are accelerating their recruitment to support their growth and the needs of the nuclear industry. Over a 10-year period, engineering activities should reach 10 Mh/year, to support the group’s projects, whether current construction, the Life extension and resilience program to extend the life of recycling plants or the Aval du Futur program. Orano’s Engineering business aims to double its workforce by 2030 from 2,000 to 4,000 employees and develop new partnerships with players in the nuclear industry to extend its corporate approach. The group’s Engineering Division places the digitization of its business, AI and innovation at the heart of its development, to improve performance and reduce the environmental footprint of the projects it undertakes. THE THREE TYPES OF OPERATIONS OF THE DISMANTLING AND SERVICES BUSINESS Dismantling Management of radioactive waste On-site investigations, design of scenarios and performance of studies Characterization, sorting and processing of all types of waste Industrial logistics Radiological safety Specialized maintenance Training Performance of nuclear equipment dismantling operations Retrieval and packaging of old waste Nuclear operator services Source: Orano
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