Nuclear and non-nuclear engineering

Effective support for all projects

From feasibility analysis to project execution, Orano Projects' teams provide consulting and expertise upstream and downstream in the nuclear cycle, as well as outside the cycle and in non-nuclear applications. They provide trusted support for technical needs as well as for technical-economic optimisation or, for instance, in putting together regulatory applications that will fulfil all the authorities' expectations.

Process engineering designed to enable optimised performance

Thanks to its in-depth understanding of the process specification details provided by its customers, Orano Projects designs and develops a "process book" proposing industrialized solutions to achieve efficient installation.
Orano Projects boasts the experience and competence needed, first, to understand the complexity and fundamental operating parameters of a transformation process (physico-chemical, mechanical, thermal, etc.), and to assemble and/or design safe and robust implementation technologies that deliver secured performance for an industrial production facility.

Study and execution engineering to benefit high-performance facilities

From feasibility studies, to basic preliminary and advanced design and detailed pre-project studies and on to implementation phase, Orano Projects is a skilled provider of services all along the project development cycle, in particular as pertains to the nuclear fuel cycle. In this capacity, the teams can also supervise subcontracting for manufactering, construction and test management, production start-up and final transfer of facilities to the operator.

Support engineering to operators means service available right at their side

Orano Projects does more than just deliver the facilities it designs – it serves as a full-fledged support provider, on the ground. This means that it not only answers customers' questions, but also offers services at the work site for Maintenance and Maintenance in Operational Condition (MCO), in particular on aspects such as safety, processes and the securing of industrial computer systems.

Dismantling engineering to build a controlled industry

Orano Projets boasts specific know-how in designing and managing decommissioning projects for nuclear facilities that have reached the end of their life cycle, in particular for new works or Waste Recovery and Conditioning (RCD) projects. Through the experience it has gained over the years, it is able to efficiently go through each stage, from defining and optimising decommissioning scenarios to conducting detailed technical and economic option review studies. That same expertise also enables it to optimise the design of new facilities, to the level “just necessary”.

Our engineers can be brought to work on several typologies of projects. This is the case of Diane Equilbec, civil engineer. She designs buildings and also participated in the dismantling of the Eurodif installations.

A Development and Qualification Centre

The mechanical technology hub

The HRB masters and implements specific technologies in a so-called "high activity" environment. These include carrying out Non Destructive Testing (NDT), 3D scanning or thickness measurements.

The Chemicals Division

To consolidate the basic data of the Group's major investment projects, the HRB develops and then assesses, on a laboratory scale, innovations in extraction, electrodissolution and cementing processes.

The New Technologies Division

As part of the modernisation of the instrumentation and control systems at its existing and future plants, the HRB contributes its expertise alongside the Group's Innovation Department to develop 4.0 tools.

Between Paris and Brest: the challenge of an Orano Projects employee