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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 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023
Contract-specified (fixed and base-escalated) pricing
Weighted-average price 41.00 42.78 35.90 37.96 36.51 40.31
Quantity with reported price 3,021 3,739 15,424 16,350 30,159 36,549
Spot-market pricing
Weighted-average price 52.11 W 47.01 W 46.19 53.63
Quantity with reported price 498 W 2,477 W 5,045 7,255
Other pricing
Weighted-average price 45.27 W 48.08 W 46.93 51.02
Quantity with Reported Price 927 W 4,061 W 5,314 7,821
All pricing mechanisms
Weighted-average price 43.15 45.09 39.40 42.48 39.08 43.80
Quantity with reported price 4,446 5,906 21,961 23,740 40,519 51,625
Total quantity 4,446 5,906 21,961 23,740 40,519 51,625
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 (2022–2023)