Uranium purchases by nuclear plant operators
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46.9 millionpounds
United States · 2025
Uranium purchases by nuclear plant operators in United States stood at 46.9 million pounds in 2025 (EIA).
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- EIA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2025, owners and operators of U.S. nuclear plants purchased a total of 46.9 million pounds of U3O8 equivalent, down from 55.9 million pounds in 2024.
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2025). U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68044. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAD
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017." 2025, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68044. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAD.
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017." 2025. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68044. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAD.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eia2025uranium18yfad, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAD}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68044. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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- Publisher
- U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- U.S. uranium production more than tripled in 2025 and was the highest since 2017
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
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- Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
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- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAD