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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0609</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-01-27</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2026-01-29</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001385849</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENERGY FUELS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UUUU</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001932289</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HERRERA JAQUELINE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>false</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ENERGY FUELS INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>225 UNION BLVD., SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAKEWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80228</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5039</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>65213</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>1. Represents grant of 5,039 restricted stock units, which vest as follows: 50% on 01/27/2027, 25% on 01/27/2028 and 25% on 01/27/2029. Original filing inadvertently disclosed incorrect grant number of 4,724 RSUs.
2. This Form 4 reports an amount of securities beneficially owned following reported transaction(s)that accounts for both the additional 315 RSUs granted on January 27, 2026 and the Reporting Owner's shares in Energy Fuels Inc. held as of the opening balance reported (as disclosed via a Form 3A).</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Julia Hoffmeier as Attorney-in-Fact for Jaqueline Herrera</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-04-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
