Orano

Orano SA
IndustryNuclear industry
PredecessorAreva
FoundedMarch 2001 (2001-03)
FounderAnne Lauvergeon, Pascal Colombani
Headquarters,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Claude Imauven (Chairman)
Philippe Knoche (CEO)
ProductsNuclear fuel
ServicesNuclear enrichment
Nuclear material transport
Nuclear reprocessing
Revenue €5.87 billion (2024)
€1.08 billion (2024)
€633 million (2024)
Total assets €25.80 billion (2024)
Total equity €2.73 billion (2024)
Owner
Number of employees
17,500 (2024)
Subsidiaries
  • Orano Cycle
  • Orano Mining
  • Orano Med
  • Orano TN
  • Orano Projects
  • Orano Temis
  • Orano DS
  • Orano Assurance & Réassurance
  • Orano US LLC
  • Orano Canada
Websitewww.orano.group
Footnotes / references

Orano SA is a French multinational nuclear fuel cycle corporation headquartered in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine. The company is engaged in uranium mining, conversion-enrichment, spent fuel recycling, nuclear logistics, dismantling, and nuclear cycle engineering activities. It was created in 2017 as a result of restructuring and recapitalizing of the nuclear conglomerate Areva. Orano is majority owned by the French state. As of September 2021, Orano is the second largest uranium producer in the world with 9% share in global uranium production.