Nuclear power accounts for 19% of electricity generation in the U.S. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, illustrates the top sources of enriched uranium for U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors in 2023, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The calculation is based in Separative Work Unit (SWU), a unit that defines the effort required in the uranium enrichment process. U.S. Suppliers of Enriched Uranium Uranium production in the United States peaked in 1980, while purchases of uranium by U.S. nuclear power…
