Fabrication Market Outlook

Fabrication: The Unique Factor in the Fuel Cycle

A Global Review and Analysis of the Fuel Fabrication Market
While the attention of much of the nuclear industry has been focused on events in the uranium market, the international nuclear fuel fabrication industry has completely restructured itself, and today, it bears little resemblance to its form of a decade ago.

In addition, fuel fabrication differs from uranium, conversion or enrichment in many ways. Natural and enriched uranium, and the services that produce them, can be bought, sold, brokered or swapped as commodities and their forms changed, physically or through exchanges, to accommodate the ultimate customer. A fabricated fuel assembly, on the other hand, is a highly engineered product, subject to close regulatory scrutiny, whose application is limited to a specific type of reactor and often to a single power plant.

To provide guidance to the industry on this complex subject, Ux Consulting and its consultant, Joel Gingold, have prepared a comprehensive report featuring its analysis of and insight into the commercial, economic, institutional and technical aspects of fabrication. Over forty years of fabrication market experience by the authors gives this report a unique perspective.

The report is intended to serve a variety of purposes.
  • To those with little knowledge of fuel fabrication and its markets, it can serve as a primer providing a solid background in the various aspects of the subject and an understanding of how its markets function.
  • To those knowledgeable in the fundamentals of fabrication, it offers analyses of a variety of its aspects based on several decades of participation in the fabrication business.
  • To those who are actively involved in the industry as buyers or sellers of nuclear fuel assemblies, it supplies additional insights to assist in the improvement of existing nuclear fuel programs and in the development of new fabrication-related programs.

UxC is happy to announce its new Fabrication Market Outlook (FMO) report which contains the following sections.

A History of the International Fuel Fabrication Industry – tracing its evolution from 1960s to today.

The World’s Nuclear Fuel Fabricators – in-depth profiles of the three Mega-vendors who dominate markets in the U.S. and Western Europe as well as the national and regional suppliers who serve their local markets; corporate organization; markets served; and products offered.

Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Markets – assessing the numerous market segments, geographic and technical; participants in each market; vendor market shares; levels of competition.

Procurement of Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Services – utility practices and procedures; content of typical bid specifications, evaluations and fuel fabrication contracts.

Supply and Demand in the Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Industry – an examination of the balance between fabrication supply and demand in each of the geographic market segments.

Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Prices – price formation for fabrication services; price history; current price levels.

The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Industry – an assessment of future developments addressing the impact of the expected nuclear renaissance; further changes in the administrative structure of the industry; the supply-demand balance; utility procurement practices; price trends.

Design and Manufacture of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies – the technical aspects of fabricated fuel including fuel assembly designs and their components; the fuel fabrication process; and nuclear fuel performance.

Please see our product flier and table of contents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
For additional information please contact:
Eric Webb Phone: +1 (770) 642-7745 Internet: