Cogema
| Cogema | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Société Anonyme |
| founding | 1976 |
| resolution | 2001 |
| Seat | Paris, France |
| Number of employees | 19,000 |
| Branch | Uranium economy |
The French company Cogema ( Compagnie Générale des Matières Nucléaires ) was the world's leading company in the field of the nuclear fuel cycle .
The Paris-based company was founded in 1976 from part of the State Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), which had existed since 1945 . The fields of activity ranged from uranium extraction to uranium enrichment ( Eurodif project) and reprocessing of spent fuel elements to the recycling of the nuclear fuel recovered in the process . The La Hague reprocessing plant operated by Cogema is best known to the public . In France, the company also had production sites in Cadarache , Pierrelatte , Marcoule , Annecy , Miramas and Malvési . Cogema also operated uranium mines in Niger and Canada. Including the subsidiaries, a total of over 19,000 employees worked for Cogema in more than 30 countries.
In September 2001 the companies Cogema, Framatome and FCI were merged in the new Areva Group, which is now significantly involved in almost all areas of the nuclear industry including reactors and the fuel cycle (apart from container construction and final disposal, for which the state ANDRA is responsible) .
In 2018 Areva was split up again. The business areas of the former Cogema went into Orano .