Orano - Annual Activity Report 2025 90 3 RISK CONTROL AND VIGILANCE PLAN Vigilance plan A robust internal structure Organization Within the group, the Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSE) Department is responsible, on behalf of Executive Management, for coordinating, developing performance and monitoring areas related to safety and the environment, in addition to health and occupational safety. Its areas of intervention include: ● the safety of the group’s nuclear facilities and of related activities (design, operation, decommissioning, transport, services) carried out for the group or for its customers; ● radiation protection in the group’s facilities and for all the group’s service operations; ● the prevention of industrial and environmental risks at the group’s facilities, namely regulated nuclear facilities (INB), secret regulated nuclear facilities (INBS), industrial facilities covered by legislation on environmentally regulated sites (ICPE), mines, facilities, structures, works and activities (IOTA), and more generally, the management of sustainable development initiatives; ● the management of critical events, emergencies and crisis situations. In carrying out its assignments, the HSE Department draws on specific organizations within the Business Units, the operating entities and other corporate functions in France and abroad, forming a network of experts whose role is to participate actively in regulatory monitoring, and to help line managers in the implementation of their HSE performance plans. Through its specialists and their networks, the department disseminates information related to accomplishments, best practices, and events to prevent risk, prescribe and promote performance improvement. The group also relies on the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems. Dedicated policy The HSE policy for 2024-2026 includes commitments in the areas of nuclear safety and the environment. These commitments guide the action plans implemented by all operational entities, which aim to: ● embed a solid culture of leadership in nuclear safety, industrial and occupational safety, radiation protection, and protection of the environment; ● build a sustainable future for the group’s activities and employees in the context of climate change by: ● developing the necessary skills and level of awareness in relation to the ecological transition, ● reducing the environmental footprint of the group’s activities (carbon, water, energy, biodiversity, discharges and waste, treatment of environmental liabilities), ● eco-designing our major projects in order to reduce the group’s environmental footprint on a long-term basis, ● implementing climate adaptation, revising continuity plans for our activities, and reviewing the data inputs of projects, and ● developing processes for the recovery of radioactive substances and innovative solutions for new nuclear waste activities. This policy is monitored by the HSE Department on behalf of Executive Management. The results of the action plans implemented by the operating entities are assessed at the end of each financial year. Regular inspections The group’s Internal Inspection is composed of a team of five inspectors who are independent from the operational chain and report to the General Inspector. The primary duties of the General Inspectorate are: ● to provide the Executive Management with insights on the degree of control over the activities conducted by the group’s entities in the areas of safety, security and the environment; ● to objectively and independently evaluate through a methodical approach the processes implemented and the level of compliance with regulations and internal standards; ● to improve the effectiveness of processes by issuing recommendations and monitoring them. The inspectors carry out site visits and various types of inspections, averaging around 50 per year. At the end of each inspection, the General Inspectorate issues a report that includes one or more recommendations. These are monitored over time and the progress of their processing is regularly presented to Executive Management. The General Inspectorate may also, if the situation requires it and without waiting for the publication of the report, issue a request for immediate action, whose effects are expected within a few days. It can also carry out a reactive inspection at very short notice if certain circumstances require it, such as important issues or actions that need to be taken in the short term. The General Inspectorate prepares an annual report on the status of safety of the group’s nuclear facilities and operations. This report includes findings from the independent safety function safety function, as well as those from the General Inspectorate during its own inspections. This report is validated by the group’s Board of directors and published on the Orano website (www. orano.group). In particular, it draws lessons from the inspections carried out with a specific Section dedicated to the operational management of safety and security (industrial safety, fire risk, waste management, transport of radioactive materials, handling, etc.) and recommendations formulated from the inspections. The report also provides feedback on safety and radiation protection events. The supply of critical protection components (EIP), spill prevention, and the management of non-conformities and feedback were subject to thematic inspections at Orano’s major sites in France (la Hague, Tricastin, Melox, and Malvési). The group is also subject to a number of inspections by the administrative authorities (Nuclear safety and radiation protection authorities, Regional Directorates for the Environment, Planning, and Housing, Euratom, etc.), which ensure compliance with regulations at all times and in all locations on behalf of the French State, and oversee nuclear safety and industrial
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