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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 23. Inventories of uranium by owner as of end of year, 2017–2021
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent
  Inventories at the end of the year
Owner of uranium inventory 2017 2018 2019 2020 P2021
Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors 123,850 111,174 113,146 106,863 108,503
U.S. brokers and traders 8,519 10,601 9,385 18,311 25,187
U.S. converter, enrichers, fabricators, and producers 9,299 8,743 8,132 5,846 7,969
Total commercial inventories 141,668 130,519 130,662 131,020 141,658
P = Preliminary data. Final 2020 inventory data reported in the 2021 survey.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2018–2021)