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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 19. Foreign purchases of uranium by U.S. suppliers and owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors by delivery year, 2007-2011
thousand pounds U3O8 equivalent; dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
Deliveries 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
U.S. Suppliers
Foreign Purchases 21,572 24,139 26,661 24,985 19,318
Weighted-Average Price 36.59 33.30 34.80 41.30 48.80
Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors
Foreign Purchases 32,517 32,936 32,239 30,362 35,071
Weighted-Average Price 32.58 47.46 46.55 51.69 56.87
Total
Foreign Purchases 54,089 57,074 58,900 55,347 54,388
Weighted-Average Price 34.18 41.30 41.23 47.01 54.00
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Foreign Purchase: A uranium purchase of foreign-origin uranium from a firm located outside of the United States. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey" (2007-2011).