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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, 2020–2024
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
  Deliveries in 2020 Deliveries in 2021 Deliveries in 2022 Deliveries in 2023 Deliveries in 2024
Origin country Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price Purchases Weighted-average price
Australia 5,597 39.86 6,712 36.88 3,620 42.08 10,605 51.15 8,577 54.07
Austria 0 0.00 W W 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Canada 10,976 35.05 6,908 35.09 11,110 37.22 13,162 43.73 18,600 54.54
China 141 24.45 0 0.00 0 0.00 417 72.00 0 0.00
Czech Republic 0 0.00 24 27.35 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
European Union W W W W W W W W W W
France W W W W W W W W W W
Gambia W W W W W W W W W W
Germany 0 0.00 0 0.00 100 45.68 0 0.00 0 0.00
Japan W W W W W W W W W W
Kazakhstan 10,828 33.37 16,557 34.16 10,019 39.05 10,622 43.64 12,375 50.81
Malawi 239 29.01 60 52.25 451 50.98 123 30.57 270 68.10
Namibia 2,517 35.28 3,214 36.01 1,961 41.96 1,546 47.67 2,206 61.54
Niger 2,050 34.36 1,773 39.08 1,187 34.55 1,418 38.57 1,382 53.12
Nigeria W W W W W W W W W W
Russia 8,064 25.73 6,314 22.76 4,781 35.20 6,042 30.86 2,031 50.89
Saudi Arabia 0 0.00 0 0.00 W W W W W W
South Africa 97 24.15 1 31.04 358 39.65 306 47.82 660 53.22
United Kingdom 666 35.40 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Uzbekistan 3,940 35.93 2,499 33.74 4,438 39.21 4,887 44.20 4,503 55.20
unknown 100 24.36 81 29.70 17 31.40 54 33.11 W W
Total Foreign 45,367 33.53 44,263 33.40 38,467 38.45 49,239 43.95 51,590 53.60
United States 3,567 30.09 2,474 43.04 2,052 50.96 2,386 40.63 4,331 42.17
Total Purchases 48,934 33.27 46,736 33.91 40,519 39.08 51,625 43.80 55,921 52.71
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.
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey (2020–2024)