What if Orano didn’t exist

Imagining the absence of a company is one way, among others, of understanding what it contributes to society.

For more than 50 years, the women and men of Orano have been developing unique expertise in the transformation, recycling and recovery of nuclear materials; and this expertise is capable of responding to the major challenges of our time.

Firstly, the climate. We help to produce low-carbon, reliable and controllable electricity, absolutely essential for enabling a successful energy transition and for supporting the widespread electrification of our world.

Then there’s energy sovereignty. In a world disrupted by geopolitical tensions, we guarantee a secure uranium supply for our customers and are expanding our enrichment capabilities for the Western market.

Our role goes further. We are working to develop sovereign and competitive strategic metal supply chains in Europe. This is reflected in our commitment, alongside XTC New Energy, to the manufacturing of battery components for electric cars.

And then there’s another equally crucial challenge, that of our planet’s resources: in other words, doing better with less. Thanks to the recycling of fuel, we are saving up to 25% of natural uranium resources. Our large-scale Aval du Futur project will provide France with a unique set of industrial assets for fuel recycling to beyond the end of this century.

Orano is also committed to health, with promising lead-212-based therapies to treat cancer, developed by our subsidiary Orano Med.

So no, our group is not alone in making the world a better place. But without Orano, certain challenges would quite simply be more difficult to overcome. Today, we are writing the next chapter with undiminished ambition: to meet the needs of our society and to build a future for generations to come.