Emission Factor

Nuclear power plant - pressure water reactor - 1000mw (nuclear power plant construction - pressure 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 pressure 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 Gösgen CH with a net installed capacity of 970 MW (constant capacity over 1996 - 2002). 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 - pressure water reactor - 1000mw (nuclear power plant construction - pressure water reactor - 1000MW)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1979
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_nuclear_power_plant_pressure_water_reactor_1000mw_nuclear_power_plant_construction_pressure_water_reactor_1000mw
UUID
ab2ca403-c16c-45f6-9f4b-506f53bfa71a
Code Snippet
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