page_title: Uranium mining in the United States
section_title: By state
hierarchical_section_title: Uranium mining in the United States / By state
caption_attribution_description: A billet of highly enriched uranium that was recovered from scrap processed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Plant.
context_page_description: Uranium mining in the United States produced 173,875 pounds of U₃O₈ in 2019, 88% lower than the 2018 production of 1,447,945 pounds of U₃O₈ and the lowest US annual production since 1948. The 2019 production represents 0.3% of the anticipated uranium fuel requirements of the US's nuclear power reactors for the year.
  Production came from five in-situ leaching plants in Nebraska and Wyoming, and one underground mine.
  From 1949 to 2019, total US production of uranium oxide was 979.9 million pounds.
caption: A billet of highly enriched uranium.
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