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Uranium Purchased by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors                      


Table S1a. Uranium Purchased by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors, 1994-2006
(Million Pounds U3O8 Equivalent)
Delivery Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total Purchased
 38.3 43.4 47.3 42.0 42.7 47.9 51.8 55.4 52.7 56.6 64.1 65.7 66.5
Purchased from U.S. Producers
 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.7 6.5 5.2 3.6 2.3 1.5 0.6 0.0 W 0.0
Purchased from U.S. Brokers and Traders
 15.3 16.2 13.3 9.9 10.5 10.4 9.1 11.7 13.4 10.5 13.2 10.4 13.9
Purchased from other U.S. Suppliers and other Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactorsa
 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.0 4.5 5.6 8.8 11.4 5.7 8.3 12.2 W 12.6
Purchased from Foreign Suppliers
 16.5 21.4 26.4 23.4 21.3 26.8 30.4 30.0 32.2 37.2 38.7 39.4 40.0
U.S.-Origin Uranium
 7.7 5.2 8.3 8.1 7.2 11.4 13.3 13.2 6.2 10.2 12.3 11.0 10.8
Foreign-Origin Uranium
 30.6 38.2 39.0 33.9 35.6 36.5 38.6 42.2 46.5 46.4 51.8 54.7 55.7
Spot Contractsb
 8.5 13.6 9.1 5.5 7.8 8.0 10.4 14.4 8.6 8.2 9.2 6.9 6.3
Short, Medium, and Long-Term Contractsc
 29.8 29.8 38.3 36.5 34.9 40.0 39.1 40.0 41.4 46.7 53.3 58.8 59.4


Table S1b.  Weighted-Average Price of Uranium Purchased by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors, 1994-2006
(Dollars per Pound U3O8 Equivalent)
Delivery Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total Purchased
(Weighted-Average Price)
 10.40 11.25 14.12 12.88 12.14 11.63 11.04 10.15 10.36 10.81 12.61 14.36 18.61
Purchased from U.S. Producers
 13.72 14.84 14.20 13.60 13.61 13.93 14.81 13.26 13.03 14.17 - - W - -
Purchased from U.S. Brokers and Traders
 9.34 9.83 13.36 12.31 11.95 11.54 11.28 10.44 10.21 11.05 12.08 13.76 20.49
Purchased from other U.S. Suppliers and other Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactorsa
 8.04 12.52 14.98 W W W 10.45 9.98 W 10.16 11.30 W W
Purchased from Foreign Suppliers
 10.43 11.40 14.45 12.91 11.97 11.47 10.65 9.86 10.37 10.82 13.15 14.70 18.62
U.S.-Origin Uranium
(Weighted-Average Price)
 12.08 14.20 14.62 13.36 13.37 12.24 11.52 10.50 10.89 10.81 11.87 15.11 17.85
Foreign-Origin Uranium
(Weighted-Average Price)
 9.97 10.84 14.02 12.78 11.90 11.47 10.88 10.05 10.29 10.81 12.76 14.21 18.75
Spot Contractsb
(Weighted-Average Price)
 9.01 10.30 14.22 11.61 10.56 9.52 8.54 7.92 9.29 10.10 14.77 20.04 39.48
Short, Medium, and Long-Term Contractsc
 (Weighted-Average Price)
 NA NA NA NA NA NA 11.70 10.96 10.58 10.94 12.24 13.70 16.38
   a Includes purchases between owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors along with purchases from other U.S. suppliers which are U.S. converters, enrichers, and fabricators.
   b Spot Contract: A one-time delivery (usually) of the entire contract to occur within one year of contract execution (signed date).
   c Short, Medium, and Long-Term Contracts: One or more deliveries to occur after a year following contract execution (signed date).
    - - = Not applicable.  W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure.  NA = Not available.
    Notes: "Other U.S. Suppliers" are U.S. converters, enrichers, and fabricators.  Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Weighted-average prices are in nominal U.S. dollars.
   Sources: Energy Information Administration: 1994-2002-Uranium Industry Annual, Tables 10, 11 and 16. 2003-2006-Form EIA-858, "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey" (2003-2006)



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