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Average Price and Quantity for Uranium Purchased by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors by Pricing Mechanisms and Delivery Year

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, 2008-2009
(Dollars per Pound U3O8 Equivalent; Thousand Pounds U3O8 Equivalent)
Pricing Mechanisms
Domestic Purchases 1
Foreign Purchases 2
Total Purchases
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
Contract-Specified (Fixed and Base-Escalated) Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 37.89 41.96 36.70 35.34 37.27 38.76
Quantity with Reported Price 15,249 13,162 16,456 12,332 31,706 25,494
Spot-Market Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 65.66 45.45 63.49 56.12 64.01 54.44
Quantity with Reported Price 2,486 1,304 7,774 6,986 10,260 8,290
Other Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 55.62 57.85 54.80 52.09 55.01 53.01
Quantity with Reported Price 2,402 2,458 7,139 12,921 9,541 15,380
All Pricing Mechanisms
Weighted-Average Price 43.43 44.53 47.46 46.55 45.88 45.86
Quantity with Reported Price 20,137 16,924 31,369 32,239 51,506 49,163
Total Quantity 20,417 17,591 32,936 32,239 53,353 49,830
   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" (2008-2009).






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