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Uranium - in yellowcake (uranium production)

123.45

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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 ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/8402/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameUranium - in yellowcake (uranium production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Year
1980
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 81357c84-9290-416c-842d-18b08ddf2280

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