THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE
- Orano Mining
Natural uranium concentrate
Extraction - Ore processing
- Orano Malvési
1st stage of conversion
- Orano Tricastin
2nd stage of conversion
(Philippe Coste plant)
Enrichment (Georges Besse II plant)
Storage of usable materials Depleted uranium (Tricastin and the Bessines mining site), reprocessed uranium, etc.
- Nuclear fuel manufacturing
- Nuclear energy facilities
Electricity generation
- Used fuel
- Orano la Hague
Processing of used fuel
- Cigéo project
Long-lived intermediate/ high-level waste storage
- Plutonium
- Orano Melox
Recycling - Manufacturing of MOX fuel
- Uranyl nitrate
