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The Chemistry business unit’s operations are divided among 4 industrial sites in southeast France: AREVA Pierrelatte and COMURHEX Pierrelatte at the Tricastin site, COMURHEX Malvesi in Aude and AREVA Miramas in Bouches-du-Rhône.

View of the TU5 uranyl nitrate conversion workshop at the Pierrelatte facility

AREVA Pierrelatte

AREVA Pierrelatte is located at the Tricastin site in Drôme. It specializes in uranium chemistry.

Aerial view of the COMURHEX Pierrelatte UF4 to UF6 conversion plant

COMURHEX Pierrelatte: from UF4 to UF6

COMURHEX Pierrelatte converts the uranium tetrafluoride from COMURHEX Malvési into uranium hexafluoride, the final step before enrichment.

Natural uranium drums prior to conversion in front of the COMURHEX Malvési site

COMURHEX Malvési

COMURHEX Malvési carries out the first step in converting uranium concentrate, giving it a chemical form suitable for enrichment.

View of the Miramas plant, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

AREVA Miramas: end of operations

AREVA Miramas, in Bouches-du-Rhône, has ceased lithium and boron production. AREVA now is dismantling and cleaning up the site.