Orano - Annual Activity Report 2025 91 RISK CONTROL AND VIGILANCE PLAN 3 Vigilance plan security to protect the public, workers, and the environment. These inspections vary in nature. As far as environmental risks are concerned, these inspections provide the authorities with an opportunity to thoroughly examine the condition of the facilities to verify that they comply with the applicable safety standards and to help improve, if necessary, their safety level. Prevention of the risk related to the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions to climate change Description of the risk Orano’s activities (mining, enrichment, project execution) have a significant carbon footprint within the overall footprint of a nuclear-generated kWh. Risk prevention Orano is implementing various measures to reduce its carbon footprint while contributing through nuclear energy to the lowcarbon transition. Nuclear power’s ability to guarantee low-carbon electricity is crucial in addressing the climate emergency and meeting the growing global demand for electricity. Nuclear energy is one of the energies that emit the least greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world. On November 28, 2023, the European Parliament officially recognized nuclear energy as a “green technology” in its Net Zero Industry Act (NZI Act). Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3) are assessed annually according to the rules of the GHG Protocol. Climate change mitigation plan Orano has adopted an approach to define a carbon footprint reduction plan, monitored at the highest level of the group. Orano manages a portfolio of GHG emission reduction projects in France and abroad. At the Orano la Hague site, numerous actions have been taken to considerably reduce the site’s carbon footprint for scopes 1 and 2, in particular through the implementation of an Energy Performance Program (EPP). This includes the replacement of fuel-fired boilers by electric boilers, leading to a 40% reduction in GHG emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) in 2025 compared to 2019. In addition, an action plan has been put in place on eco-mobility issues, promoting the use of buses – free for all – and carpooling, with the distribution of 5,000 copies of a leaflet presenting the full range of eco-mobility options. In addition, Orano is working closely with the agglomeration on an employer mobility plan to increase this offer. In 2023, for example, the Malvési site replaced the burner of one of its boilers with a new piece of equipment called Regenerative Thermal Oxidation (RTO), designed to treat the gaseous effluents from the furnaces in the hydrofluorination workshop. This replacement resulted in a reduction of 2,800 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Overall, the various initiatives at the Malvési site have led to a 97% reduction in its GHG emissions over the last 20 years. These various initiatives have enabled Orano to reduce its scopes 1 and 2 market-based carbon footprint by more than 80% since 2004, the date of the first commitments made by the group, and by more than 41% since 2019, the reference year used by the group. In 2024, the group renewed its target of reducing its scopes 1 and 2 footprint to maintain it at -25% by 2030 compared to 2019, a reduction aligned with the Paris Agreement and the “well below 2°C” trajectory according to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) framework. Furthermore, the group undertook various actions on scope 3 emissions with its suppliers, designed in particular to identify contributing factors. In 2024, questionnaires were sent to the group’s suppliers with the highest carbon footprint to assess their decarbonization trajectory. 80 suppliers representing a significant part of Orano’s upstream scope 3 carbon footprint are committed to a decarbonization trajectory by 2030 or 2050. Most of these suppliers have also implemented at least one other action to limit their impact on the environment (biodiversity protection, the use of recycled materials, renewable resources, or waste recycling, etc.). Adapting activities to climate change Climate change must also be taken into account by anticipating its impact on the group’s activities. Climate change adaptation is one of the group’s priority objectives and is reflected through actions consisting of projecting climate scenarios for the various sites, anticipating potential vulnerabilities and defining the adaptation actions to be planned in the short, medium or long term. These actions are grouped into adaptation plans at the level of the group’s entities, which are reviewed annually by the governance bodies. For more information on the group’s Climate strategy, see Section 4.2.1. Prevention of the risk of accidental chemical or radiological spills Description of the risk An accidental spill of hazardous or radioactive substances (such as environmental incident or dike breaches) can have an impact on the environment. Risk prevention Discharges and accidental spills into the environment of radioactive or hazardous substances must be considered throughout all phases the facility’s lifecycle (design, construction, operation, shutdown and decommissioning). In accordance with the ALARA principle (As Low As Reasonably Achievable), a risk reduction approach at source is implemented (limiting the hazardous nature of the substances used, limiting the quantities stored, etc.) whenever possible. Active measures to mitigate the consequences must also be implemented and integrated into incident management systems. The prevention of the risk of accidental spills has been a key focus for several years, with dedicated team efforts. To prevent accidental spills, the operational teams: ● adopt a proactive approach (from the design and construction phases through to the monitoring and operation of the facilities); ● analyze and share lessons learned from potentially significant accidents to ensure that they do not occur again; and ● conduct rigorous monitoring of facilities.
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