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The activity generating the emissions is market for nuclear power plant, boiling water reactor 1000MW. The Reference Product is nuclear power plant, boiling water reactor 1000MW. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a nuclear power plant, boiling water reactor 1000MW. The infrastructure has a capacity of 1,000MW and a lifetime of 40 years. Estimation based on data of the power plant in Leibstadt, CH with a net installed capacity of 1080 MW (year 1999). The process includes building materials (steel, copper, titan, aluminium, concrete, asbestos cement, wood and paper, oil, diesel and heating oils), their decommission, 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/5314/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNuclear power plant - boiling water reactor 1000MW (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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