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Table 3.
Life cycle assessment results of the nuclear kWh of EDF SA. on the selected indicators.
| Indicators | Unit (/kWh) | Total | Mines | Conversion | Enrichment | Fuel | Electricity | Spent fuel | Waste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| production | Production | treatment | storage | ||||||
| Climate change | kgCO2eq | 3.67E–03 | 1.34E–03 | 2.53E–04 | 4.36E–04 | 7.09E–05 | 1.02E–03 | 4.76E–04 | 7.57E–05 |
| Ozone depletion | kg CFC-11 eq | 4.73E–10 | 1.27E–10 | 2.73E–11 | 5.89E–11 | 1.62E–11 | 1.09E–10 | 1.28E–10 | 7.08E–12 |
| Particulatematter | kg PM2.5 eq | 3.22E–06 | 1.39E–06 | 1.30E–07 | 3.00E–07 | 5.34E–08 | 8.77E–07 | 4.02E–07 | 6.66E–08 |
| Ionizing radiation | kBq U235 eq | 6.81E–01 | 1.32E–02 | 7.32E–05 | 7.51E–03 | 1.94E–05 | 2.50E–01 | 4.10E–01 | 7.60E–06 |
| Photochemical ozone | kg NMVOC eq | 2.07E–05 | 1.07E–05 | 1.58E–06 | 1.64E–06 | 3.32E–07 | 4.70E–06 | 1.37E–06 | 2.89E–07 |
| Acidification | molc H+ eq | 3.45E–05 | 9.38E–06 | 4.41E–07 | 2.41E–06 | 1.98E–06 | 1.69E–05 | 2.71E–06 | 6.06E–07 |
| Eutrophication, terrestrial | molc N eq | 7.12E–05 | 3.63E–05 | 5.84E–06 | 6.00E–06 | 1.24E–06 | 1.57E–05 | 5.17E–06 | 9.37E–07 |
| Eutrophication, freshwater | kg P eq | 1.90E–07 | 7.70E–08 | 6.37E–09 | 2.69E–08 | 3.35E–09 | 5.23E–08 | 1.87E–08 | 5.26E–09 |
| Eutrophication, marine | kg N eq | 1.47E–05 | 1.04E–05 | 4.58E–07 | 5.37E–07 | 2.34E–07 | 1.38E–06 | 1.63E–06 | 7.79E–08 |
| Resource depletion | kg Sb eq | 4.81E–06 | 4.64E–06 | 7.77E–08 | 1.08E–08 | 1.52E–09 | 5.20E–08 | 3.26E–08 | 3.91E–09 |
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