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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is market for uranium, 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8322/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Uranium - in yellowcake (market for) |
| Sector | Energy |
| Category | Fuel |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
| Year | 2011 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor | |
| Scopes | XX,XX |
LCA Activity | cradle_to_consumer |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | xxx |
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