Emission Factor

Nuclear power plant - boiling water reactor 1000mw (nuclear power plant construction - boiling water reactor 1000MW)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is an immobile infrastructure representing the construction of a nuclear power plant boiling water reactor 1000MW. The infrastructure has a capacity of 1 000MW and a lifetime of 40 years. Estimation based on data of the power plant in Leibstadt CH with a net installed capacity of 1080 MW (year 1999). The process includes building materials (steel copper titan aluminium concrete asbestos cement wood and paper oil diesel and heating oils) their decommission energy requirements for the construction and land use. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameNuclear power plant - boiling water reactor 1000mw (nuclear power plant construction - boiling water reactor 1000MW)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1984
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_nuclear_power_plant_boiling_water_reactor_1000mw_nuclear_power_plant_construction_boiling_water_reactor_1000mw
UUID
f62e08bb-10c2-4b93-9d81-3feab1fd9f11
Code Snippet
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