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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 0 0
Czech Republic 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 - W
Germany 0 -- 0 -- W W 0 - 0 0
Hungary 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)