Orano was born in 2017 from the split of Areva. The reactor and service branch, renamed Framatome, has become a subsidiary of EDF. Orano, which Philippe Knoche directs and which employs 16,000 people, inherited the nuclear fuel chain, from mine to recycling, with a turnover of 3.8 billion euros.
LE FIGARO. - What was your first message to Orano employees after the start of general confinement?
Philippe KNOCHE. - We were able to anticipate this unprecedented situation. On the one hand, this is due in particular to our exchanges with our teams in Asia. On the other hand, at the time of SARS, we had worked on prevention scenarios. In this case, I immediately told the teams that it would last. Hence the importance of immediately applying health measures and planning to anchor them over the long term. I also insisted on the meaning of our missions. In times of crisis, it is important to realize even more how essential our tasks are.
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