The Orano group has signed three new engineering partnership agreements on the sidelines of the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) in Paris. In line with its Aval du futur program Orano signed agreements with Ametra, Assystem and Vulcain, for a period of five years.
Orano is working to renew its nuclear fuel processing and recycling plants as part of the Aval du futur program, which includes a fuel unloading facility and a new mixed oxide (mox) fuel fabrication plant facility, at the La Hague site, with commissioning scheduled for the early 2040s, as well as a new used fuel processing plant planned for mid-century. Orano will also be working to keep its existing facilities in operational condition as part of a programme to ensure the long-term future and resilience.
In order to be able to carry out these projects, Orano is planning ahead and getting its engineering ready to scale for increased workloads. Orano’s engineering activity is set to double its workforce to more than 4,000 employees by 2030 and is already committed to developing partnerships based on co-construction with players in the nuclear sector. The first four partnerships were signed in October 2024 with Capgemini, EGIS, ECIA – an entity of Equans France – and SNEF-EKIUM whose teams have started the process of acculturation to the group’s projects.
