Emission Factor

Nuclear power plant - pressure water reactor - 650MW (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for nuclear power plant, pressure water reactor, 650MW. The reference product is nuclear power plant, pressure water reactor, 650MW. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a nuclear power plant, pressure water reactor, 650MW. The infrastructure has a lifetime of 30 years. Estimation based on data of the pressure water nuclear power plant in Quebec, Canada. The process includes building materials (steel, copper, titan, aluminium, concrete, asbestos cement, wood and paper, oil, diesel and heating oils etc.), their decommission, energy requirements for the construction and land use. for construction. 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/11827/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameNuclear power plant - pressure water reactor - 650MW (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2008
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_nuclear_power_plant_pressure_water_reactor_650mw_market_for_nuclear_power_plant_pressure_water_reactor_650mw
UUID
24fc5ef9-870d-4862-b9d6-e5593f40c4ef
Code Snippet
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