JAPANESE U INFO...Question is where did the 110M lbs go? Spot market? Has it been consumed? Is it still overhanging the market?
Apologies in advance if the table doesn't copy well...
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| | JAPAN - HISTORICAL URANIUM DEMAND | | |
| | | SOURCE - WNA | | | |
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| | tonnes | tonnes | pounds | YEAR | | |
| | U | U308 | U308 | as of 1 Jan | | |
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| | 8872 | 10,465 | 23,070,999 | 2007 | | |
| | 7569 | 8,928 | 19,682,641 | 2008 | | |
| | 7569 | 8,928 | 19,682,641 | 2009 | | |
| | 8003 | 9,440 | 20,811,227 | 2010 | | |
| | 8003 | 9,440 | 20,811,227 | 2011 | | |
| | 2805 | 3,309 | 7,294,201 | 2012 | | |
| | 4636 | 5,469 | 12,055,585 | 2013 | | |
| | 366 | 432 | 951,757 | 2014 | | |
| | 2119 | 2,500 | 5,510,307 | 2015 | | |
| | 2549 | 3,007 | 6,628,491 | 2016 | | |
| | 680 | 802 | 1,768,291 | 2017 | | |
| | 662 | 781 | 1,721,483 | 2018 | | |
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| | NOTES: Due to Fukushima, in 2012 there would have been | |
| | 383 reactors in the world fleet actually consuming U. Currently |
| | there are 410 consuming U as 37 reactors are still idle in Japan. |
| | The drop in demand from Japan can be estimated to be | |
| | 109,750,000 ponds from 2012 thru 2018 - Likely this became | |
| | a spot source of approximately 15.7M lbs per yr on average. | |
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