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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 22. Inventories of natural and enriched uranium by material type as of end of year, 2020–2024
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent
  Inventories at the end of the year
Type of uranium inventory owned by 2020 2021 2022 2023 P2024
Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors inventories 106,863 108,503 102,409 114,287 126,376
Uranium concentrate (U3O8) 21,868 19,726 18,878 22,610 23,769
Natural UF6 37,806 36,400 31,075 31,078 40,708
Enriched UF6 40,712 43,195 46,059 55,591 54,966
Fabricated fuel (not inserted into a reactor) 6,477 9,182 6,397 5,009 6,934
U.S. supplier inventories 24,158 33,155 40,661 43,111 41,034
Uranium concentrate (U3O8) 17,713 28,465 33,743 37,019 29,049
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 131,020 141,658 143,070 157,398 167,410
P = Preliminary data. Final 2023 inventory data reported in the 2024 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 (2020–2024)