Orano

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Orano SA (French: [ɔʁano]) is a French multinational nuclear fuel cycle corporation headquartered in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine. It is majority-owned by the French State. 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 has shifted from the second largest uranium producer in the world with a 9% share in global uranium production in 2021 to the third largest uranium producer in the world with an 11% share of global uranium production in 2024. As of 2025 Orano accounted for 11% of global enrichment capacity and 24% of global conversion capacity.

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