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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

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Table 6a. Uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors ranked by price and distributed by quantity, 2021–2023 deliveries
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
  Deliveries in 2021 Deliveries in 2022 Deliveries in 2023
Quantity1 distribution Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price Quantity with reported price Weighted-average price
First  5,842 20.33 5,065 20.61 6,453 23.24
Second  5,842 27.13 5,065 28.6 6,453 30.95
Third  5,842 29.11 5,065 30.93 6,453 34.46
Fourth  5,842 30.02 5,065 34.87 6,453 39.77
Fifth  5,842 31.23 5,065 40.79 6,453 44.29
Sixth  5,842 33.58 5,065 45.72 6,453 49.75
Seventh  5,842 45.36 5,065 49.24 6,453 54.96
Eighth  5,842 54.56 5,065 61.91 6,453 72.97
Total 46,736 33.91 40,519 39.08 51,625 43.80
1Distribution divides total quantity of uranium delivered (with a price) into eight distributions by price (sorted from lowest to highest) and provides the quantity-weighted average price for each distribution.
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 (2021–2023)