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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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8402/documentation

PropertyValue
NameUranium - in yellowcake (uranium production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
1980
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
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
81357c84-9290-416c-842d-18b08ddf2280
Code Snippet
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