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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 3. Uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by origin country and delivery year, 2018–2022
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
  Deliveries in 2018 Deliveries in 2019 Deliveries in 2020 Deliveries in 2021 Deliveries in 2022
Origin country Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price
Australia 7,167 40.24 8,504 35.39 5,597 39.86 6,712 36.88 3,620 42.08
Brazil 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada 9,556 37.74 10,172 33.06 10,976 35.05 6,908 35.09 11,100 37.22
China W W 0 -- 141 24.45 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 -- W W 0 0 0 0 W W
Hungary 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 8,168 40.98 8,760 35.69 10,828 33.37 16,557 34.16 10,019 39.05
Malawi 0 0.00 0 -- 239 29.01 60 52.25 W W
Namibia 2,178 40.42 2,450 40.40 2,517 35.28 3,214 36.01 W W
Niger W W 998 41.21 2,050 34.36 1,773 39.08 W W
Portugal 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia 5,360 31.71 7,365 27.31 8,064 25.73 6,314 22.76 4,781 35.20
South Africa W W 0 -- 0 0 1 31.04 W W
Ukraine 0 -- 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 0 -- 0 -- 666 35.4 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 2,540 37.83 4,365 38.99 3,940 35.93 2,499 33.74 4,438 39.21
unknown W W W W 100 24.36 225 29.70 - -
Foreign total 36,415 38.11 W W 45,367 33.53 44,263 33.40 W W
United States 3,878 45.26 W W 3,567 30.09 2,474 43.04 W W
Total purchases 40,293 38.81 48,328 35.59 48,934 33.27 46,736 33.91 40,519 39.08
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
-- = Not applicable.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation.
Data source:U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2018–2022)