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(Data released in May 2004, Next release: May 2005)
Table 5. Average Price and Quantity for Purchased Uranium by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors by Pricing Mechanisms and Delivery Year, 2002-2003
(Dollars per Pound U3O8 Equivalent; Thousand Pounds U3O8 Equivalent)
Pricing Mechanisms Domestic Purchasesa Foreign Purchasesb Total Purchases
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
Contract-Specified Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 10.73 11.53 11.83 10.50 11.15 11.00
Quantity with Reported Price 15,462 13,139 9,601 13,616 25,063 26,755
Spot-Market Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 9.79 W 9.51 W 9.57 10.54
Quantity with Reported Price 4,142 W 14,449 W 18,591 20,098
Other Pricing
Weighted-Average Price 8.42 W 10.00 W 9.53 10.84
Quantity with Reported Price 1,854 W 4,472 W 6,326 8,029
All Pricing Mechanisms
Weighted-Average Price 10.35 10.84 10.37 10.79 10.36 10.81
Quantity with Reported Price 21,458 20,527 28,522 34,355 49,980 54,882

Total Quantity
22,680 21,661 30,029 34,891 52,709 56,552

   aUranium of both U.S. and foreign origin.
   bUranium of foreign origin only.
   W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
   Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
   Sources: Energy Information Administration: 2002-Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table 14. 2003-Form EIA-858 "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey" (2003).





Data for 2001-2002:

Uranium Industry Annual 2002 | Table of Contents | Chapter 2 | Table 14


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