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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 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, 2010-2011
dollars per pound U₃O₈ equivalent; thousand pounds U₃O₈ equivalent
Pricing Mechanisms	Domestic ¹ Purchases		Foreign ² Purchases		Total Purchases
	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
Contract-Specified (Fixed and Base-Escalated) Pricing
Weighted-Average Price	42.03	53.48	45.75	56.20	43.78	54.86
Quantity with Reported Price	10,783	11,597	9,557	11,928	20,341	23,525
Spot-Market Pricing
Weighted-Average Price	46.44	51.56	51.51	57.72	50.32	55.57
Quantity with Reported Price	1,433	2,931	4,667	5,494	6,100	8,425
Other Pricing
Weighted-Average Price	52.02	54.37	55.37	57.06	54.69	56.48
Quantity with Reported Price	4,004	4,854	15,615	17,505	19,620	22,359
All Pricing Mechanisms
Weighted-Average Price	44.88	53.41	51.69	56.87	49.29	55.64
Quantity with Reported Price	16,220	19,381	29,839	34,927	46,060	54,308
Total Quantity	16,220	19,760	30,362	35,071	46,582	54,831
¹ A uranium purchase of both U.S. origin uranium or from a firm located in the United States. ² A 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. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-858 "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey" (2010-2011).