Uranium - enriched 4.2% - per separative work unit (uranium production - centrifuge)
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The activity generating the emissions is uranium production, centrifuge, enriched 4.2%. The reference product is uranium, enriched 4.2%, per separative work unit. The product "uranium, enriched 4.2%, per separative work unit" represents a fuel. Uranium enrichment can be obtained through the centrifuge or diffusion process. The factor for the infrastructure requirement is calculated with annual throughput of 1500 t SWU for 30 years operation. The reference product is per separative work unit (SWU). There exist datasets for five different enrichment grades: 3.0%, 3.8%, 3.9%, 4.2% and 4.0%. 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/4395/documentation.
Property | Value |
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Name | Uranium - enriched 4.2% - per separative work unit (uranium production - centrifuge) |
Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
Category | Chemical Products |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 1993 |
Year Released | 2024 |
Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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