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Table 22. Inventories of natural and enriched uranium by material type as of end of year, 2018–2022
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent
  Inventories at the end of the year
Type of uranium inventory owned by 2018 2019 2020 2021 P2022
Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors inventories 111,174 113,146 106,863 108,503 103,781
Uranium concentrate (U3O8) 19,270 24,350 21,868 19,726 18,878
Natural UF6 43,312 40,375 37,806 36,400 31,069
Enriched UF6 40,107 36,608 40,712 43,195 47,436
Fabricated fuel (not inserted into a reactor) 8,485 11,813 6,477 9,182 6,398
U.S. supplier inventories 19,345 17,517 24,158 33,155 36,225
Uranium concentrate (U3O8) 7,754 7,435 17,713 28,465 31,002
Natural UF6 W W W W W
Enriched UF6 W W W W W
Fabricated fuel (not inserted into a reactor) 0 0 0 0 0
Total commercial inventories 130,519 130,662 131,020 141,658 140,006
P = Preliminary data. Final 2021 inventory data reported in the 2022 survey.
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2018–2022)