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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, 2021–2025
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
  Deliveries in 2021 Deliveries in 2022 Deliveries in 2023 Deliveries in 2024 Deliveries in 2025
Origin country Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price
Australia 6,712 36.88 3,620 42.08 10,605 51.15 8,577 54.07 7,077 64.24
Austria W W 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Canada 6,908 35.09 11,110 37.22 13,162 43.73 18,600 54.54 15,207 56.95
China 0 0.00 0 0.00 417 72.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Czech Republic 24 27.35 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
European Union W W W W W W W W 0 0
France W W W W W W W W 0 0
Gambia W W W W W W W W 0 0
Germany 0 0.00 100 45.68 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Japan W W W W W W W W W W
Kazakhstan 16,557 34.16 10,019 39.05 10,622 43.64 12,375 50.81 13,331 57.92
Malawi 60 52.25 451 50.98 123 30.57 270 68.10 73 88.32
Namibia 3,214 36.01 1,961 41.96 1,546 47.67 2,206 61.54 1,652 64.39
Niger 1,773 39.08 1,187 34.55 1,418 38.57 1,382 53.12 213 40.37
Nigeria W W W W W W W W W W
Russia 6,314 22.76 4,781 35.20 6,042 30.86 2,031 50.89 W W
Saudi Arabia 0 0 W W W W W W 0 0.00
South Africa 1 31.04 358 39.65 306 47.82 660 53.22 W W
Ukraine 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,056 55.34
United Kingdom 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 W W
Uzbekistan 2,499 33.74 4,438 39.21 4,887 44.20 4,503 55.20 3,258 61.44
unknown 81 30 17 31 54 33 W W W W
Total Foreign 44,263 33.40 38,467 38.45 49,239 43.95 51,590 53.60 43,495 59.51
United States 2,474 43.04 2,052 50.96 2,386 40.63 4,331 42.17 3,376 44.97
Total Purchases 46,736 33.91 40,519 39.08 51,625 43.80 55,921 52.71 46,871 58.46
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2021–2025)
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation. W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.