Data supporting UCrad and CGM, two novel methodologies for radiological impacts in Life Cycle Assessment

Andrea Paulillo; Roland Clift; Jonathan Dodds; Andrew Milliken; Stephen Palethorpe; Paola Lettieri

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104857

Data supporting UCrad and CGM, two novel methodologies for radiological impacts in Life Cycle Assessment

Data Brief. 2019 Nov 26:28:104857. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104857. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Andrea Paulillo¹, Roland Clift², Jonathan Dodds³, Andrew Milliken⁴, Stephen Palethorpe³, Paola Lettieri¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1 E7JE, United Kingdom.
² Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
³ National Nuclear Laboratory, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3YQ, United Kingdom.
⁴ Ardskell, Embleton, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9YP, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Radiological impacts are often disregarded in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) due to the lack of a standard and comprehensive framework for including the impacts of radionuclides alongside other emissions from industrial processes. This data article is related to the research articles "Radiological Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Part I: General framework and two practical methodologies" [1] and "Radiological Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Part II: Comparison of Methodologies" [2], which introduced two practical methodologies for assessing the radiological impacts in LCA; these are UCrad and the Critical Group Methodology (CGM). This article reports the characterisation factors, for routine direct discharges and releases from nuclear waste disposed in a geological disposal facility, obtained from both methodologies. The article also reports the underlying data supporting the methodologies and the analysis carried out in the related research articles.

Keywords: Characterisation factors; Ionising radiations; Life cycle assessment; Nuclear waste; Radiological impacts; Radionuclides; Risk assessment.