ORANO // Annual Activity Report 2024

2 SITUATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES DURING THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR The group’s businesses

The installed capacity at the la Hague and Melox plants, along with the group’s cumulative experience, make the group number one worldwide in recycling: ● the la Hague site is responsible for the fi rst stage of recycling operations: fi rstly, the separation of recyclable materials and waste from used fuel from French and foreign power plants, as well as from experimental research reactors; then the packaging of these recyclable materials and fi nal waste in a safe and stable form. The plant has two production lines (UP2-800 and UP3) which have a combined licensed capacity of 1,700 metric

tons of used fuel per year, corresponding to the generation of approximately 600 TWh per year of electricity; ● Melox is the leading site worldwide for the fabrication of MOX recycled nuclear fuel, with a licensed capacity of 195 metric tons per year. Made from a mixture of uranium and plutonium oxides, MOX fuel makes it possible to recycle plutonium from the used fuel recycling process at la Hague. In France, 10% of nuclear power is produced from MOX.

USED FUEL RECYCLING PROCESS

Recycled fuel MOX or ERU

Uranium

Customer

Plutonium

96% recyclable material

Used fuel

Orano Melox (MOX); Others manufacturers (ERU)

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4% ǶŠî ŕ Dž îƙƥĚ

Fission products

Orano la Hague

Orano la Hague

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Structural components

Orano la Hague

FOREIGN COUNTRIES

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FRANCE

Cigéo Andra storage

Source: Orano

The Recycling business also draws on the skills of Orano Temis, which develops and offers a selection of technical skills and know-how for all high value-added industrial projects, mainly nuclear. In particular, the company provides automated systems, designs, and manufactures mechanical equipment in specialty metals, and produces fi ber-reinforced concrete containers.

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Orano - Annual Activity Report 2024