Corinne Spilios (Director of the group's Recycling business, Orano), Philippe Lanoir (President, Ekium), William Rozé (MD of the Engineering and R&D activity, Capgemini), Guillaume Dureau (Director of Engineering activities, Orano), Alexandre Gaud (MD of ECIA), François Martin (Chief Nuclear Officer, Egis) and Nicolas Ferrand (Director of the Back End of the Future Program).
On 8th October, Orano signed a partnership agreement with Egis, Capgemini, ECIA and SNEF-EKIUM for the "Back End of the Future" programme. This major programme for France is part of the national strategy for the processing and recycling of spent fuel from current and future nuclear power plants.
The Conseil de Politique Nucléaire meeting in February 2024 confirmed France's strategy of reprocessing, recycling and closing the nuclear fuel cycle, and announced major investments to ensure the long-term future, resilience and renewal of the downstream fuel cycle plants at La Hague: this is the Back End of the Future program.
The partnership agreement signed between Orano and Egis includes, but is not limited to, project management, safety, general installation, architecture, civil engineering, mechanics, electricity, ventilation, constructability and digital.
The links between Orano and Egis are deep and longstanding, since Egis took part in the design studies for most of the installations at La Hague in the 1980s and 1990s: the Melox plant for the production of MOX fuel near Marcoule, and the new Georges Besse II and Philippe Coste plants on the Tricastin site in the early 2000s.
For more than 70 years, Egis has been supporting its clients throughout the life cycle of nuclear facilities, from design to decommissioning, including operation and waste management. Today, Egis provides a multidisciplinary and integrated range of consultancy and engineering services.
Our position in the nuclear industry, and on this programme in particular, reflects our commitment to the climate and to preserving resources, as well as our determination to improve the quality of life for future generations.
