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Nuclear Stocks To Watch Today - May 3rd

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Key Points

  • Oklo (OKLO), NuScale Power (SMR), and BWX Technologies (BWXT) are MarketBeat’s three nuclear stocks to watch — Oklo designs fission power plants and provides fuel recycling, NuScale builds modular light-water reactors (NPM/VOYGR), and BWXT manufactures naval and commercial nuclear components.
  • MarketBeat’s stock screener shows these firms had the highest dollar trading volume among nuclear stocks over the past several days.
  • Nuclear stocks are typically sensitive to government policy, regulatory and safety developments, and uranium prices, making them cyclical and potentially volatile for investors.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Oklo.

Oklo, NuScale Power, and BWX Technologies are the three Nuclear stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Nuclear stocks" commonly refers to shares of companies tied to the nuclear energy industry—uranium miners, fuel processors, reactor manufacturers, plant operators, and service providers—that investors buy to gain exposure to nuclear power and its supply chain. These stocks are often sensitive to government policy, regulatory and safety developments, and uranium prices, making them cyclical and sometimes volatile. Colloquially, investors may also describe a stock as "going nuclear" when it experiences a sudden, extreme move up or down. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Nuclear stocks within the last several days.

Oklo (OKLO)

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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NuScale Power (SMR)

NuScale Power Corporation engages in the development and sale of modular light water reactor nuclear power plants to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. It offers NuScale Power Module (NPM), a water reactor that can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe); and VOYGR power plant designs for three facility sizes that are capable of housing from one to four and six or twelve NPMs.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SMR

BWX Technologies (BWXT)

BWX Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; fabrication activities; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BWXT

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