Uranium and Nuclear Power Statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy

Monthly, quarterly, and annual data from the U.S. Department of Energy covers uranium and nuclear fuel, power plants, reactors, radioactive waste, and nuclear power generation. The dataset includes international data on nuclear generation and was last updated in July 2021. Specific tags indicate coverage of uranium imports, exports, production, reserves, prices, and nuclear electricity generation.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Uranium Price and Uranium Production to model supply and demand dynamics for the nuclear fuel market.
• Calculate the Capacity Factor for nuclear power plants to assess operational efficiency and performance over time.
• Model Uranium Imports and Uranium Exports flows to understand international trade dependencies and market structures.
• Correlate Uranium Reserves data with Nuclear Electricity Generation statistics to forecast long-term energy security.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative U.S. Department of Energy.
• Covers multiple temporal frequencies including monthly, quarterly, and annual data.
• Includes a wide scope of topics such as uranium trade, production, reserves, and nuclear generation.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in July 2021, making the data potentially stale for current market analysis.
• Specific data structure details like row count, column names, and file formats are unknown, complicating initial assessment.
• The license is listed as 'other-pd', which may have specific public domain usage restrictions requiring review.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Energy

Freshness

Last updated on 2021-07-06; update frequency is not explicitly stated.

Geography

Primarily U.S., with some international data on nuclear generation.