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Nuclear waste storage - final repository for low level radioactive waste (market for)

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The activity generating the emissions is market for nuclear waste storage, final repository for low level radioactive waste. The Reference Product is nuclear waste storage, final repository for low level radioactive waste. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a nuclear waste storage, final repository for low level radioactive waste. The infrastructure is suitable for approximately 100,000 m3 of waste like conditioned spent fuel (SF), vitrified high level waste (HLW) and intermediate level waste (ILW) repository. In a first approximation, the same values for land conversion and buildings are accounted as for the "nuclear waste storage, final repository for high level radioactive waste". The time for construction and sealing of the repository is set as 8 years and 20 years are assumed as the operating time. With a period of 28 years for all land use, the value for the industrial area is 7.28E+5 m2a, for the grassland 1.82E+5 m2a. The process includes building material and energy requirements for concstruction, land use and decommission. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7189/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNuclear waste storage - final repository for low level radioactive waste (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_nuclear_waste_storage_final_repository_for_low_level_radioactive_waste_market_for_nuclear_waste_storage_final_repository_for_low_level_radioactive_waste
UUID
20f42005-1caa-446d-a96d-55e5600d0979
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