Emission Factor

Uranium - enriched 3.9% - in fuel element for light water reactor (uranium fuel element production - for light water reactor)

Interested in licensing this data?

Request a quote

Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is uranium fuel element production, enriched 3.9%, for light water reactor. The Reference Product is uranium, enriched 3.9%, in fuel element for light water reactor. Uranium, enriched 3.9%, in fuel element for light water reactor represents the enriching of uranium dioxide fuel for light water nuclear reactors (PWR and BWR), with no MOX (mixed oxides), no RepU (reprocessed fuel) and no HEU (highly enriched uranium from warheads) fuel elements. 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/1199/documentation

PropertyValue
NameUranium - enriched 3.9% - in fuel element for light water reactor (uranium fuel element production - for light water reactor)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1980
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_uranium_enriched_3.9_percent_in_fuel_element_for_light_water_reactor_uranium_fuel_element_production_enriched_3.9_percent_for_light_water_reactor
UUID
abc11b2c-dd7c-4055-b679-b36af0bc3b71
Code Snippet
View API Docs

Related factors

ecoinvent Emission Factors

Explore All

Chemical Products Emission Factors

Explore All