Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 3. Uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by origin country and delivery year, 2017–2021
thousand pounds U₃O₈ equivalent; dollars per pound U₃O₈ equivalent
	Deliveries in 2017		Deliveries in 2018		Deliveries in 2019		Deliveries in 2020		Deliveries in 2021
Origin country	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price
Australia	8,129	42.44	7,167	40.24	8,504	35.39	5,597	39.86	6,712	36.88
Brazil	0	--	0	--	0	--	0	-	0	0
Bulgaria	0	--	0	--	0	--	0	-	0	0
Canada	14,048	40.63	9,556	37.74	10,172	33.06	10,976	35.05	6,908	35.09
China	0	--	W	W	0	--	W	W	0	0
Czech Republic	0	--	0	--	0	--	0	-	W	W
Germany	0	--	0	--	W	W	0	-	0	0
Hungary	W	W	0	--	0	--	0	-	0	0
Kazakhstan	4,638	38.30	8,168	40.98	8,760	35.69	10,828	33.37	16,557	34.16
Malawi	W	W	0	0.00	0	--	W	W	W	W
Namibia	1,040	38.46	2,178	40.42	2,450	40.40	2,517	35.28	3,214	36.01
Niger	1,971	49.53	W	W	998	41.21	W	W	W	W
Portugal	0	--	0	--	0	--	0	-	0	0
Russia	7,068	31.54	5,360	31.71	7,365	27.31	8,064	25.73	6,314	22.76
South Africa	W	W	W	W	0	--	0	-	W	W
Ukraine	W	W	0	--	0	--	0	-	0	0
United Kingdom	0	--	0	--	0	--	W	W	0	0
Uzbekistan	2,148	37.17	2,540	37.83	4,365	38.99	3,940	35.93	W	W
unknown	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Foreign total	40,117	39.04	36,415	38.11	W	W	W	W	44,263	33.40
United States	2,916	35.55	3,878	45.26	W	W	W	W	2,474	43.04
Total purchases	43,033	38.80	40,293	38.81	48,328	35.59	48,934	33.27	46,736	33.91
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. -- = Not applicable. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2017–2021)