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Uranium Marketing Annual Report

With Data for 2011  |  Release Date:  May 2, 2012  |  Next Release Date: May 2013 | full 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, 2007-2011
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
Origin Country   Deliveries in 2007   Deliveries in 2008   Deliveries in 2009   Deliveries in 2010   Deliveries in 2011
  Purchases Weighted-Average Price Purchases Weighted-Average Price Purchases Weighted-Average Price Purchases Weighted-Average Price Purchases Weighted-Average Price
Australia 11,507 30.35 12,758 41.59 11,164 52.25 7,112 51.35 6,001 57.47
Brazil W W W W W W W W W W
Canada 10,717 32.89 9,791 48.72 8,975 42.25 10,238 50.35 10,832 56.08
China 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- W W
Czech Republic 347 77.02 W W W W W W 0 --
Germany 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- W W 0 --
Hungary 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- W W 0 --
Kazakhstan 2,407 57.36 3,818 60.61 4,985 43.41 6,830 47.81 9,728 53.71
Kyrgyzstan W W 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 --
Malawi 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- W W 780 65.44
Namibia 3,115 25.24 3,880 54.79 5,732 47.30 4,913 47.90 6,199 56.74
Niger W W W W 2,001 47.55 587 49.00 1,744 54.38
Russia 16,766 32.04 12,080 27.64 7,938 37.98 10,544 50.28 10,199 56.57
South Africa W W 783 27.50 W W W W 1,524 53.62
Ukraine W W 0 -- 0 -- W W W W
United Kingdom 0 -- W W 0 -- 0 -- 0 --
Uzbekistan 1,263 24.42 1,923 56.06 1,424 46.65 1,865 48.57 1,808 55.99
Foreign Total 47,011 33.05 45,633 43.47 42,777 45.35 42,895 49.64 49,626 55.98
United States 3,973 28.89 7,720 59.55 7,053 48.92 3,687 45.25 5,205 52.12
Total Purchases 50,983 32.78 53,353 45.88 49,830 45.86 46,582 49.29 54,831 55.64
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.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey" (2007-2011).