Emission Factor
Uranium mill (construction)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is uranium mill construction. The Reference Product is uranium mill. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of an uranium mill. The infrastructure represents a mill that covers an area 100 m * 200 m and produce 490 tonnes of natural uranium in yellowcake U3O8 per year over a lifetime of 15 years. The process includes building materials, energy requirements for the construction and land use. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8492/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Uranium mill (construction) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 1980 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
construction-type_uranium_mill_uranium_mill_construction
UUID
36fb9bd9-de88-44ff-b370-45005fc8cf78
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