Why Oklo Stock Keeps Going Down

Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) banal fell for a 3rd consecutive time connected Wednesday, losing 5% done 11:15 a.m. ET, arsenic investors statesman to question the popularity of the tiny modular atomic reactors that Oklo (and different SMR companies) person been touting.

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What's ailing atomic stocks this week

The Trump Administration remains precise bullish connected atomic powerfulness and committed to helping physique a atomic renaissance successful the U.S. -- that's the bully news. The atrocious quality is that, financially speaking, overmuch of the administration's enactment is being thrown down big nuclear reactors.

As The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy is announcing that it volition marque $17.5 cardinal successful loans disposable to assistance electrical utilities bid and physique Westinghouse AP1000 ample atomic reactors. These reactors tin make upwards of 1100 megawatts of energy, compared with Oklo's Aurora Powerhouse reactors, which nutrient lone 75 megawatts.

The funds volition beryllium made disposable to enactment up to 5 projects, each with 2 mega-reactors (so 10 total).

No funding was announced for projects utilizing Oklo's tiny modular reactors, however.

What does it mean for Oklo?

This doesn't mean the authorities -- oregon manufacture -- is abandoning enactment for Oklo's SMRs, of course. To the contrary, the Journal's story specifically states that utilities, including Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and Dominion (NYSE: D), are funny successful gathering a premix of some ample and tiny reactors. It does, however, suggest that momentum (and money) is shifting to favour ample reactors implicit tiny ones.

For now, that's already capable to instrumentality immoderate upwind retired of Oklo's sails. Wall Street already thinks it volition beryllium 2030 earlier Oklo starts earning immoderate profits. Now, it looks similar investors mightiness person to hold adjacent longer.

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