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, 2019–2023
thousand pounds U₃O₈ equivalent; dollars per pound U₃O₈ equivalent
	Deliveries in 2019		Deliveries in 2020		Deliveries in 2021		Deliveries in 2022		Deliveries in 2023
Origin country	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price	Purchases	Weighted-average price
Australia	8,504	35.39	5,597	39.86	6,712	36.88	3,620	42.08	10,605	51.15
Brazil	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	10,172	33.06	10,976	35.05	6,908	35.09	11,100	37.22	13,162	43.73
China	0	--	141	24.45	0	0	0	0	W	W
Czech Republic	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	W	W	0	0	0	0	W	W	0	0
Hungary	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	8,760	35.69	10,828	33.37	16,557	34.16	10,019	39.05	10,622	43.64
Malawi	0	--	239	29.01	60	52.25	W	W	W	W
Namibia	2,450	40.40	2,517	35.28	3,214	36.01	W	W	1,546	47.67
Niger	998	41.21	2,050	34.36	1,773	39.08	W	W	1,418	38.57
Portugal	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	7,365	27.31	8,064	25.73	6,314	22.76	4,781	35.20	6,042	30.86
South Africa	0	--	0	0	1	31.04	W	W	W	W
Ukraine	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	0	--	666	35.4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	4,365	38.99	3,940	35.93	2,499	33.74	4,438	39.21	4,887	44.20
unknown	W	W	100	24.36	225	29.70	-	-	-	-
Foreign total	W	W	45,367	33.53	44,263	33.40	38,467	38.45	49,239	43.95
United States	W	W	3,567	30.09	2,474	43.04	2,052	50.96	2,386	40.63
Total purchases	48,328	35.59	48,934	33.27	46,736	33.91	40,519	39.08	51,625	43.80
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 (2019–2023)