Emission Factor

Nuclear fuel element - for pressure water reactor - UO2 4.2% & MOX (nuclear fuel element production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is nuclear fuel element production, for pressure water reactor, UO2 4.2% & MOX. The reference product is nuclear fuel element, for pressure water reactor, UO2 4.2% & MOX. Nuclear fuel element, for pressure water reactor, UO2 4.2% & MOX is a nuclear fuel. The exchange reflects the use of uranium dioxide and MOX (mixed metal oxides) fuel elements in current pressure water nuclear reactors. This mix consists of 92% uranium dioxide (4.2%, enriched) and 8% MOX. 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/6053/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameNuclear fuel element - for pressure water reactor - UO2 4.2% & MOX (nuclear fuel element production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2002
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_nuclear_fuel_element_for_pressure_water_reactor_uo2_4.2_percent_and_mox_nuclear_fuel_element_production_for_pressure_water_reactor_uo2_4.2_percent_and_mox
UUID
55c882c8-3fa7-4ea8-951a-b1d8bdad56bc
Code Snippet
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