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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 6b. Uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors ranked by price and distributed by purchaser, 2019–2021 deliveries
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
Deliveries in 2019 Deliveries in 2020 Deliveries in 2021
Distribution of purchasers Number of purchasers Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price Number of purchasers Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price Number of purchasers Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price
First 7 15,010 25.84 7 19,668 26.03 7 20,014 27.36
Second 7 8,825 31.61 7 11,914 31.58 6 7,739 34.19
Third 7 14,352 40.73 7 10,039 38.01 6 12,954 38.94
Fourth 6 10,116 46.24 6 7,250 49.17 6 6,029 44.53
Total 27 48,303 35.59 27 48,871 33.27 25 46,736 33.91
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 (2019–2021)