Uranium-238

Substance: fo-bbc90a2dbdb048ca Isotope
Source: EF 3.1
Unit: kBq
Context: Environmental → Air → Ground level → Urban (>1000 people/square mile)
CAS: 24678-82-8
EC: —

Dimension: Environmental
Media: Air
Population density: Urban (>1000 people/square mile)
Strata: Ground level

List	Version	Source flow	Name there	Why this flow
EF	3.1	fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-af96-0050c2490048	uranium-238	The consensus list is built from this one, so this row is the flow itself rather than something matched to it.
agribalyse	3.2	1f8fb776-5ec5-5bd0-abcd-53388f921686	Uranium-238	The CAS numbers are the same (24678-82-8); both name the same compartment.
bafu	2026-v1	9643dafa-d912-5fb2-bc6a-1f50c0ad802d	Uranium-238	The CAS numbers are the same (24678-82-8); both name the same compartment.
bafu	2026-v1	fc951a59-380d-5386-8847-b99b3b2c15e6	Uranium-238	The CAS numbers are the same (24678-82-8); both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.12	543421e8-f0b3-45a2-b0ed-03489e878138	Uranium-238	The CAS numbers are the same (24678-82-8); both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.8	543421e8-f0b3-45a2-b0ed-03489e878138	Uranium-238	The CAS numbers are the same (24678-82-8); both name the same compartment.

Source list	Source flow	Name there	Compartment there	Match	Conversion
EF 3.1	fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-af96-0050c2490048	uranium-238	Emissions/Emissions to air/Emissions to urban air close to ground	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.12	543421e8-f0b3-45a2-b0ed-03489e878138	Uranium-238	air / urban air close to ground	closeMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.8	543421e8-f0b3-45a2-b0ed-03489e878138	Uranium-238	air / urban air close to ground	closeMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	fc951a59-380d-5386-8847-b99b3b2c15e6	Uranium-238	emissions to air / high. pop.	closeMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	9643dafa-d912-5fb2-bc6a-1f50c0ad802d	Uranium-238	emissions to air / high. pop.	closeMatch	—
agribalyse 3.2	1f8fb776-5ec5-5bd0-abcd-53388f921686	Uranium-238	Emissions to air / high. pop.	closeMatch	—

consensus-flow-list 2
European Commission — JRC 1
GreenDelta 1
ecoinvent Centre 1

Every implementation that says anything about this flow. Published as is what this list did with the row: where more than one implementation states a number and they agree it publishes it as agreed; where only one speaks, as sole; where they disagree it publishes nothing and asks.

Method	Implementation	Category	Place	Factor	Published as
EF 3.1	European Commission — JRC	Ionising radiation, human health	—	0.386	—
EF 3.1	ecoinvent Centre	Ionising radiation, human health	—	0.386	—
EF 3.1	GreenDelta	Ionising radiation, human health	—	0.386	—
EF 3.1	consensus-flow-list	Ionising radiation, human health	—	0.386	agreed
Stepwise 2006	consensus-flow-list	Ionizing radiation	—	39.047619	carried

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      "Emissions to urban air close to ground"
    ],
    "cas_numbers": [
      "24678-82-8"
    ],
    "ec_numbers": [],
    "unit": "kBq"
  }
}

A flow can be wrong in three ways, and they are decided differently. Pick the one that matches what you are looking at.

You do not need to run a build or clone anything. Name the row and say what your evidence is; the measurement is done for you. How contributing works

Uranium-238

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