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Table 5. Average price and quantity for uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by pricing mechanisms and delivery year, 2021–2022
dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent; thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent
  Domestic purchases1 Foreign purchases2 Total purchases
Pricing mechanisms 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022
Contract-specified (fixed and base-escalated) pricing
Weighted-average price 34.38 41.00 38.25 35.90 35.90 36.51
Quantity with reported price 6,033 3,021 9,659 15,424 28,102 30,159
Spot-market pricing
Weighted-average price 34.21 52.11 30.06 47.01 30.11 46.19
Quantity with reported price 550 498 4,542 2,477 6,664 5,045
Other pricing
Weighted-average price 38.41 45.27 30.03 48.08 31.38 46.93
Quantity with Reported Price 1,663 927 10,126 4,061 11,969 5,314
All pricing mechanisms
Weighted-average price 35.18 43.15 33.30 39.40 33.91 39.08
Quantity with reported price 8,246 4,446 24,327 21,961 46,736 40,519
Total quantity 8,246 4,446 24,327 21,961 46,736 40,519
1A uranium purchase of both U.S.-origin uranium or from a firm located in the United States.
2A uranium purchase of foreign-origin uranium from a firm located outside of the United States.
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 (2021–2022)