UxC's Uranium Market Outlook (UMO) highlights recent developments and their impact on the market.
Each UMO quarterly report covers key supply and demand developments as well as the
overall supply and demand situation, reviews spot and long-term contract activity over the
past three months, provides a near-term technical analysis along with detailed spot market
indicators, projects prices under different market scenarios with associated probabilities,
and examines key developments in the market through a topical essay.
This quarter's essay, "The U.S. Government's Role in the Uranium Market," reviews the changing role that the U.S. government has had in the uranium market over the past eight decades and examines how the U.S. government is likely to influence the market going forward.
Also included are a review of recent market activity and a look a current and prospective activity,
and a detailed listing of reactor and production developments that promise to shape the future market.
Uranium Suppliers Annual
Sometimes referred to as "The Uranium Bible", the Uranium Suppliers Annual contains comprehensive data and
information on all of the world's uranium suppliers, including detailed sections on planned producers and
junior/exploration companies.
Whether you are a utility, producer, trader, or investor, the Uranium Suppliers Annual provides the
basis for understanding potential future developments surrounding the availability of supply, particularly
since uranium production has continued to be sub-par against a backdrop of growing demand. In light
of the increasing volatile nature of the uranium market, primary and potential suppliers are continuously
re-evaluating their properties and future production plans, as well as expanding exploration programs where
economically feasible.
Uranium Production Cost Study
The Uranium Production Cost Study complements UxC's Uranium Market Outlook (UMO) and
Uranium Suppliers Annual (USA) in identifying where expanded and new uranium supply will come from over 100 worldwide projects
to meet future nuclear fuel demand through 2035.
Each bi-annual report covers key supply and demand developments as well as the
overall supply and demand situation, reviews spot and long-term contract activity over the
past three months, provides a near-term technical analysis along with detailed spot market
indicators, projects prices under different market scenarios with associated probabilities,
and examines key developments in the market through a topical essay.
Chapter 1 presents our essay entitled "The Future of Long-Term Conversion Contracting" which examines how the dramatic increase in spot and long-term (LT) conversion prices over the past three years has affected utility approaches to procurement and the likely future direction of LT contracting in the face of shifting market fundamentals and other important recent trends.
Also included are a review of recent market activity and a look a current and prospective activity,
and a detailed listing of reactor and production developments that promise to shape the future market.
UxC is pleased to announce a new special report entitled Conversion & Enrichment Supplier Assessments (CESA),
that was published in December 2020. This report addresses important questions about supply reliability
in the conversion and enrichment markets, and presents a new tool to compare suppliers active within in these markets.
UxC's Enrichment Market Outlook (EMO) Covers a Dynamic and Key Segment of the Overall Nuclear Fuel Market.
Enrichment developments not only are important for understanding the enrichment market, but are
also crucial for understanding the future progression of the uranium market.
Since uranium and enrichment are substitutes, increases in enrichment supply can
have a major impact on the future demand for uranium.
Each EMO quarterly report covers key supply and demand developments as well as the
overall supply and demand situation, reviews spot and long-term contract activity over the
past three months, provides a near-term technical analysis along with detailed spot market
indicators, projects prices under different market scenarios with associated probabilities,
and examines key developments in the market through a topical essay.
This quarter's essay, "An Enhanced View of Global SWU Market Competition" analyzes the changing nature of global SWU supply and demand due to the rising level of demand in markets exclusively supplied by Russia and China while other regional markets that are more open to competition reflect either stagnating or retrenching demand. Given these divergent market paths, the essay presents a recent enhancement UxC made to its SWU-PRICE model that provides a higher weighting to price impacts from open market fundamentals.
Also included are a review of recent market activity and a look a current and prospective activity,
and a detailed listing of reactor and production developments that promise to shape the future market.
UxC is pleased to announce a new special report entitled Conversion & Enrichment Supplier Assessments (CESA),
that was published in December 2020. This report addresses important questions about supply reliability
in the conversion and enrichment markets, and presents a new tool to compare suppliers active within in these markets.
With a long history of tracking the unique fabrication market, UxC issues an annual comprehensive and up-to-date
Fabrication Market Outlook (FMO) report addressing the commercial, economic, institutional, and technical aspects of this
sector. Fabrication differs greatly from other steps in the fuel cycle. Its high technical content, need for regulatory approval,
and the restriction of fuel assemblies to specific reactors require a unique approach to its analysis. To those with little
knowledge of fuel fabrication and its markets, this report can serve as a primer providing a solid background and understanding
of how its markets function. To those knowledgeable in the fundamentals, it offers analyses of a variety of its aspects based on
several decades of participation. To those who are actively involved in the industry, it supplies additional insights to assist
in the improvement of existing nuclear fuel programs and in the development of new ones.
This year’s in-depth topical essay in Chapter 1 – Essay: HALEU Implications for the Fabrication Industry delves into the rapidly evolving situation regarding advances in high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel development and how this is likely to affect the nuclear fuel fabrication industry in the coming years.
UxC has prepared a new special report to provide an overview of the zirconium alloy market for the nuclear industry entitled
Nuclear Grade Zirconium Alloy Market Outlook.
Nuclear-grade zirconium alloys and products are used in the fabrication of fuel assemblies,
which are used in the vast majority of nuclear reactor designs either currently operating, under construction, or planned around the world.
As the nuclear renaissance takes hold in countries all over the globe, many questions about the international nuclear supply chain have arisen.
The supply of nuclear-grade zirconium – from zircon mineral sand through the cladding and components used in finished fuel assemblies –
has also not escaped this scrutiny. Therefore, the primary objective of this report is to factually and analytically approach the current and
expected future direction of the nuclear-grade zirconium market to help formulate clear conclusions about how producers of fuel assemblies for
nuclear reactors will obtain the necessary zirconium for their finished products.
Each NPO quarterly report, at over 200 pages, covers key supply and demand developments as well as the
overall supply and demand situation, reviews spot and long-term contract activity over the
past three months, provides a near-term technical analysis along with detailed spot market
indicators, projects prices under different market scenarios with associated probabilities,
and examines key developments in the market through a topical essay.
This quarter's Chapter 1 - Nuclear Power Market Trends & Analysis starts with our annual "Year in Review," which provides a full recap of the key developments and nuclear market trends from 2020. Additionally, we examine possible future developments through our take on expectations for the nuclear markets in the com-ing year. Our "In The Spotlight" section reviews several recent new global energy and nuclear power projections, such as the latest World Energy Outlook 2020 pub-lished by the OECD's International Energy Agency.
Also included are a review of recent market activity and a look a current and prospective activity,
and a detailed listing of reactor and production developments that promise to shape the future market.
UxC Analyzes Reactor Technology
In March 2013, UxC issued a new special report on the SMR Market Outlook (SMO).
This 450 page report provides comprehensive commercial and technical analysis of the overall SMR market
and detailed reviews of the leading SMR designs in the world. The SMO report is the result of UxC's
continuing efforts to provide its global clients with insightful products and services in the SMR sector.
It includes a global SMR market review along with a global outlook for SMR market developments as well as deployment forecasts to 2040.
In December 2010, UxC issued a groundbreaking special report on Small Modular Reactor Assessments (SMRA).
This report's objective is to provide technical, economic, and other commercial assessments of each of the
SMR designs being developed in the world today. In addition, the report provides an in-depth discussion
of the broader issues impacting SMRs, such as the keys to successful deployment for SMRs, comparisons with
larger reactor technologies, specific applications for SMRs, and the broader issues facing potential customers for SMRs.
In August 2008, UxC completed a special report on Nuclear Reactor Technology Assessments (NRTA).
This in-depth study provides nuclear reactor technology
assessments and overall evaluations of the major reactor designs currently available in the world.
The decision of which reactor design to pursue is an extremely important one and must be based on many
factors, such as the robustness of the technology, the constructability of the plant, the plant
economics - both initial and operating, the type of fuel used, the ability to license and regulate,
among a variety of other considerations.
UxC is not only expanding its geopolitical coverage of the market, but is also now covering more of the fuel cycle.
In June 2007, UxC began to publish SpentFUEL and StoreFUEL,
two leading newsletters dealing with the backend of the fuel cycle.
Both publications cover major fuel cycle and backend-related conferences in detail.
In addition, UxC can advise clients in issues related to the back end of the fuel cycle, including
profiles of utility spent fuel storage facilities and plans, country profiles, vendor profiles, etc.