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.

PropertyValue
NameUranium - in yellowcake (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 4992b5e0-4f0b-4130-bb18-f5e186b3b7c0

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_uranium_in_yellowcake_market_for_uranium_in_yellowcake-fuel_use_na
UUID
1ab63ac4-38d1-4a19-aeb8-7389753a5224
Code Snippet
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