Emission Factor

Uranium mill (construction)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is uranium mill construction. The Reference Product is uranium mill. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of an uranium mill. The infrastructure represents a mill that covers an area 100 m * 200 m and produce 490 tonnes of natural uranium in yellowcake U3O8 per year over a lifetime of 15 years. The process includes building materials, energy requirements for the construction and land use. 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/3350/documentation

PropertyValue
NameUranium mill (construction)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1980
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_uranium_mill_uranium_mill_construction
UUID
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