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Domestic Uranium Production Report - Annual

With Data for 2015  |  Release Date: May 5, 2016  |  Next Release Date: May 2017
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Table 1. U.S. uranium drilling activities, 2003-15
  Exploration drilling Development drilling Exploration and development drilling
Year Number of holes Feet (thousand) Number of holes Feet (thousand) Number of holes Feet (thousand)
2003 NA NA NA NA W W
2004 W W W W 2,185 1,249
2005 W W W W 3,143 1,668
2006 1,473 821 3,430 1,892 4,903 2,713
2007 4,351 2,200 4,996 2,946 9,347 5,146
2008 5,198 2,543 4,157 2,551 9,355 5,093
2009 1,790 1,051 3,889 2,691 5,679 3,742
2010 2,439 1,460 4,770 3,444 7,209 4,904
2011 5,441 3,322 5,156 3,003 10,597 6,325
2012 5,112 3,447 5,970 3,709 11,082 7,156
2013 1,231 919 4,013 2,926 5,244 3,845
2014 W W W W 1,752 1,299
2015 W W W W 1,518 878
NA = Not available.
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-15).