Nuclear & Uranium

Table 19. Foreign purchases of uranium by U.S. suppliers and owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by delivery year, 2014–2018

thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent

Deliveries	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
U.S. suppliers
Foreign purchases	23,684	27,233	22,138	16,891	18,278
Weighted-average price	39.22	40.68	36.03	31.11	30.93
Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors
Foreign purchases	32,863	37,001	28,512	25,187	23,246
Weighted-average price	47.51	44.67	44.08	41.12	39.32
Total
Foreign purchases	56,547	64,234	5,0650	42,078	41,524
Weighted-average price	44.03	42.95	40.45	37.09	35.73
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Foreign Purchase: A uranium purchase of foreign-origin uranium from a firm located outside of the United States. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2014–2018)