page_title: Uranium mining in the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Uranium mining in the United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Price of uranium concentrate, 1949-2011
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.
context_section_description: Uranium mining in the United States produced 173,875 pounds (78.9 tonnes) of U₃O₈ in 2019, 88% lower than the 2018 production of 1,447,945 pounds (656.8 tonnes) 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 (Crow Butte, Lost Creek Project, Ross CPP, North Butte, and Smith Ranch-Highland), and one underground mine.
  From 1949 to 2019, total US production of uranium oxide (U₃O₈) was 979.9 million pounds (444,500 tonnes).
caption: Price of uranium concentrate, 1981–2011
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