New and Future Contracts on Uranium till 2018



In 2008 proprietor and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors marked a total of 86 new purchase agreements. Out of these 60 were new blemish contracts and 26 were new long-term contracts with releases of 36 million pounds from 2009 throughout 2018. Since the end of 2008, the maximum amount uranium deliveries for 2009 through 2018 under an obtainable purchase contracts for owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors wholly 229 million pounds U3O8e. Also in the end of 2008, vacant uranium requirements for 2009 throughout 2018 wholly 274 million pounds U3O8e.

These contracted deliveries and empty requirements combined to represent the maximum predictable market requirements of 503 million pounds U3O8e over the period of ten years. For the years 2009 throughout 2013, the maximum amount of anticipated requirements of owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors is 25 million pounds U3O8e less than probable enrichment feed deliveries for the same period, which point out a period of inventory drawdown.

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