Non-financial indicators

Consistent with the group’s policy of transparency, AREVA releases its non-financial indicators and informs analysts and investors focused on socially responsible investing (SRI).

The group’s non-financial indicators are available in the 2008 Reference Document.

Main performance indicators:

	2008	2007	2006
SOCIAL
Accident frequency rate(1)	3.19	3.55	4.66
Accident severity rate(2)	0.10	0.11	0.14
Average exposure to radiation(3)	1.22	1.19	1.22
ENVIRONMENTAL
Total energy consumption - excluding Eurodif (in GWh)	3,021	2,925	2.806
Water consumption excluding cooling water (in millions of m3)	16.3	19.4	20.6
Direct emissions of greenhouse gases (4)	772	991	1,118
Production of HIW and CIW in normal operations tons (5)	89,107	77,745	74,084

(1) Number of accidents with lost time per million hours worked. Average frequency rate for French industry: 26.1.
(2) Number of days of lost time per thousand hours worked.
(3) In mSv per year per employee. Maximum allowable dose of 20 mSv/yr per French regulations (50 mSv/yr in the U.S. and Niger).
(4) In thousands of metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
(5) HIW: hazardous industrial waste / CIW: common industrial waste (in metric tons).