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Nuclear power plant - pressure water reactor - 650MW (nuclear power plant construction - pressure water reactor 650MW)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is nuclear power plant construction, pressure water reactor 650MW. The Reference Product is nuclear power plant, pressure water reactor, 650MW. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a nuclear power plant, pressure water reactor, 650MW. The infrastructure has a lifetime of 30 years. Estimation based on data of the pressure water nuclear power plant in Quebec, Canada. The process includes building materials (steel, copper, titan, aluminium, concrete, asbestos cement, wood and paper, oil, diesel and heating oils etc.), their decommission, energy requirements for the construction and land use. for construction. 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/11811/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNuclear power plant - pressure water reactor - 650MW (nuclear power plant construction - pressure water reactor 650MW)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1982
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_nuclear_power_plant_pressure_water_reactor_650mw_nuclear_power_plant_construction_pressure_water_reactor_650mw
UUID
8b2da8a2-7e33-4c48-a281-b74d40c6c375
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