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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 19. Foreign purchases of uranium by U.S. suppliers and owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by delivery year, 2017–2021

thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
Deliveries 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
U.S. suppliers
Foreign purchases 16,891 18,278 21,160 14,983 17,021
Weighted-average price 31.11 30.93 33.17 31.27 33.19
Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors
Foreign purchases 25,187 23,246 21,763 24,572 24,327
Weighted-average price 41.12 39.32 36.28 35.33 33.30
Total
Foreign purchases 42,078 41,524 42,923 39,555 41,348
Weighted-average price 37.09 35.73 34.77 33.79 33.26
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 (2017–2021)