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TThanks to AREVA Way the group is thoroughly involved inthe sustainable development momentum. In terms ofenvironment, the tools and actions put in place overthe last few years to manage our impacts, enable us tomeasure today the progress made throughout the group.

These positive results should not lead us to slacken ourcommitment to sustainably manage natural resources,preserve biodiversity and tackle climate change.

I have therefore decided that AREVA should, without delay,be one of the very first industrial groups in the world to becarbon neutral for our activities. Our will to be exemplary is in line with our commercial offerof production and transmission of electricity.

I would like every one of you to share the same ambitionof progress.

Anne LAUVERGEONChairman of the Executive Board

Theenvironmental policy

is based upon 6commitments

1• MANAGE

Ensuring respect of regulatory requirements and group standardsthrough periodical environmental reviews and group-wide deploymentof Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

2• INNOVATE

Integrating environmental impact reduction into the design of products,services, processes and infrastructures on their complete life cycle.

3• PREVENT RISKS

Developing and harmonizing environmental monitoring and implemen-ting assessment methods to prevent environmental risks in chemical,radiological and biological fields.

4• PREVENT LIABILITES

Avoid generating liabilities, managing land sites with future reuse andpreservation of the biodiversity in view.

5• MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

Improving AREVA sites environmental performances by reducing (takinginto consideration a fixed turnover):

l The exploitation of natural resources and the consumption of materialsand energy,

l Impacts of liquid and gaseous releases,l Production of hazardous and non hazardous conventional waste.

6• MEASURE AND REPORT

Extending the publication of environmental reports to all sites with Signi-ficant Environmental Aspects in order to facilitate the dialogue with thestakeholders.

Performances improvement

Risks prevention

Environmental management

Apply the Environmental Management Systems certificationapproach to civil engineering activities and group’s nuclear engineeringactivities.

Investments above 10 Million euros will be subcontracted, whenpossible, to ISO 14001 certified lead contractors.

Maintain ISO 14001 certification* of SEA sites and obtaining thecertification of any new SEA site entering the group, 3 years maximumafter their acquisition.

Deploy a program of thematic and periodic environmental reviewsfor SEA sites, at least once a year for the most problematic sites(SEVESO, nuclear, mines…), every 3 years maximum for all others sites.

Reinforce the environmental skills of SEA site managers and theenvironmental network, raising awareness and improving the follow upof main suppliers and subcontractors in this field.

* When possible, the approach will be deployed within an Integrated Management System.

nvironmental Management

1• MANAGE

Improve during their life cycle, the environmental performances ofproducts, services, processes and infrastructures developed from2007 using an eco-design approach including one or several of thefollowing improvements: consumption of raw materials, energy, water,releases among which GHG, hazardous substances, ultimate conven-tional waste and end-of-life management.

Carry out on 5 pilot entities (BU, sites) a compared environmentalanalysis for all significant investments.

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Carry out or update before the end of 2011, on all the SEA sites a“natural and accidental” risks analysis* proportional to the potentialhazards and taking into account the domino effect.

Carry out or update before end of 2011 on all the SEA sites a HealthRisk Assessment (HRA) proportional to the potential hazards.

Study in depth the impact of uranium mines and SEVESO sites froman ecological point of view and extend environmental monitoringto biodiversity.

Apply a continuous improvement approach for risk prevention,chemical and radiological environmental impact management,proportional to the vulnerability of the environment.

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3• PREVENT RISKS

Obtain for all SEA sites a soil investigation diagnosis, updating thecorresponding documentation and putting into place if necessary anenvironmental liabilities monitoring and long term management action plan.

Proceed to a due diligence, prior to any divestiture/acquisitionoperation.

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Each BU must deploy on theirsites (from a self assessment andwithin an ALARA approach),yearly progress plans to improvetheir eco-efficiency and enablethe group to achieve at the endof 2011 (vs 2004*) thefollowing objectives, taking intoconsideration a fixed turnover:

l energy consumption: - 20%l water consumption: - 35%l recovering of conventionalwastes: + 40%l GHG emissions: - 50%l paper consumption: - 30%

The major contributing sites in terms of energy and water consumptionand/or conventional waste generation must update every 3 years theirimprovement action plans based on energy and water diagnosis and/orwaste study.

easure and report

5• MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTALFOOTPRINT

Extend the publication of the environmental reports to all SEA sites inorder to facilitate dialogue with stakeholders.

6• MEASURE AND REPORT

* Reference year for the reliability of the reporting.

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2004/2006 AREVAEnvironmental Footprint evolution

Base 2004 2006 Target 2006 Results 2011 Target

The major contributing sites in terms of SF6

must reduce their emissions by at least 4% per year.

Comurhex Malvesi site contributing up to 97,7%of group N2O emissions must eradicate its emissions.

Energy investments must be in favor of solutionscontributing to less CO2 emissions.

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By dividing by 2 our direct emissions of green house gases

- By compensating residual emissions via the financing of greenhouse gas reduction projects outside of the group.

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BiodiversityBiodiversity integrates the number, thevariety, the variability and the diversityof living organisms.

Compared environmental analysisMethodology allowing to compare thedifferent technical solutions availablewhen big investments are considered.

Domino effectThe interaction between facilities ofnearby plants. One series of events atplant A triggers a second series ofevents at plant B.

Eco-designIntegration of environmental require-ments into the product design,the service design or improvementprocess in order to improve itsenvironmental performances throughoutthe life cycle.

EMS (Environmental ManagementSystem)Part of the overall management sys-tem including the organizational struc-ture, planning activities, responsibilities,practices, procedures, processes andthe resources required to develop, set

up, implement and maintain the envi-ronmental policy.

Environmental reviewsThey include several types of interven-tions (such as conformance reviews,EMS audits, greenway gap assess-ment, EHS corporate visits…) andthey concern mostly environmentalthematics. These reviews can bejointly carried out together with otherCorporate Directions : Audit, D3S,Risk and Insurance, SDCI…

Group sites with a SignificantEnvironmental Aspects (SEA)Nuclear sites, sites including installa-tions with a high technological risksuch as Seveso-classified sites,mining sites, industrial establishmentswith installations subject to publicinquiry and industrial or tertiary siteswhose contribution in terms ofconsumption, waste or pollution arelisted in the Group environmentalaccounts.

HRA (Health Risk Assessment)The HRA was developed by the USNational Research Council in 1983then adopted in the European Union

and France by the bodies in charge ofnational risk assessments (INERIS)and health monitoring (INVS). It usesscientific facts to describe the effectson health of individual or collectiveexposure to hazardous materials orsituations.

The methodology used has fourstages: identification of the dangers,calculation of the dose-reaction ratiousing reference toxicological data,evaluation of human exposure andidentification of the health risks.

Integrated Management SystemIt aims at centralizing, within the sameorganization, process, multiple internaland external requirements (quality,safety, environment…)

ISO 14001International standard laying downrequirements to be met by an EMS forcertification by an independent body.

Life Cycle AssessmentTool defined in the ISO14040 standardfor quantitative assessment of potentialenvironmental impacts of productsand services on their life cycle.

Principle of proportionalityIt aims to rank the implementation ofHRA based on a pre-diagnosis inclu-ding qualitative and quantitative healthand environment criteria.

SEVESO sitesindustrial sites using hazardous subs-tances requiring drawing up of emer-gency plans, the communication ofinformation to the public and urbanzoning restrictions on the surroundingarea .

Soil investigation diagnosisAssessment of the level of pollution ofthe environment (soils, undergroundwater and surface water) to define amanagement strategy of the site andthe surroundings. The diagnosis aimsat collecting data or information toidentify pollution sources, transfertracks and exposure as well asunderstanding the propagationmechanisms of identified pollution.

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