Emission Factor

Uranium - in yellowcake (uranium production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is uranium production, 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 ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/9997/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameUranium - in yellowcake (uranium production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1980
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_uranium_in_yellowcake_uranium_production_in_yellowcake-fuel_use_na
UUID
2a8aca64-4cd3-4256-a938-63ef49a18c33
Code Snippet
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