Emission Factor
Uranium - in yellowcake (market for)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is market for uranium, in yellowcake. The reference product is uranium, in yellowcake. Uranium, in yellowcake is a raw material for a nuclear fuel. It is sourced from uranium mines, open cast or underground. Its main applications are in the following sectors: nuclear power plants. Yellowcake is uranium concentrate, which is a mixture, containing at least 75% uranium oxides U3O8. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/8322/documentation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Uranium - in yellowcake (market for) |
| Sector | Energy |
| Category | Fuel |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2011 |
| Year Released | 2024 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.3 |
LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
fuel-type_uranium_in_yellowcake_market_for_uranium_in_yellowcake-fuel_use_na
UUID
1ab63ac4-38d1-4a19-aeb8-7389753a5224
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