Theme
Nuclear
Reactors, SMRs, uranium miners and enrichment.
0.481avg corr (252d)
5stocks
Decent co-movementStocks · key Fib levels
- GEV$957.27last$867.00fib+10.4%vs fibanchored by TVA · Ontario Power Generation · xAI · undisclosed hyperscaler PPAs · utility grid operators (global)
- ▸Gas turbine OEM with active datacenter PPA-tied contracts
- ▸Grid equipment (transformers, HV switchgear) - long lead times = pricing power
- ▸Nuclear services franchise (BWRX-300 SMR + existing-fleet maintenance)
- ▸Capacity backlog stretching multiple years given hyperscaler-driven demand
- LEU$152.31last$183.00fib−16.8%vs fibanchored by DOE · US utilities (LEU contracts) · SMR developers (Oklo, NuScale, X-energy, TerraPower)
- ▸2022 - First HALEU production at Piketon facility (DOE demonstration contract)
- ▸2024 - Russia uranium imports banned; domestic HALEU strategic priority
- ▸2024-2025 - DOE multi-year HALEU production scale-up contracts
- ▸2025 - First commercial HALEU deliveries to SMR + advanced reactor developers
- ▸2026 - Additional centrifuge cascades planned at Piketon
- OKLO$36.22last$69.00fib−47.5%vs fibanchored by DOE (Idaho National Laboratory) · Datacenter operators (undisclosed LOIs) · Industrial / remote site operators
- ▸2024 - DOE Idaho National Laboratory site approval for first Aurora reactor
- ▸2024 - Multiple LOIs / framework agreements with datacenter operators (specific terms undisclosed)
- ▸2025 - NRC combined-license application progressing; site characterization complete at INL
- ▸2025-2026 - Pre-construction engineering for first commercial Aurora units
- ▸Late-2020s targeted - First Aurora commercial operation
- UUUU$12.95last$20.00fib−35.3%vs fibanchored by US nuclear utilities (undisclosed) · US Department of Energy · Neo Performance Materials
- ▸**2022-2025**: Multi-year uranium sales contracts with undisclosed US nuclear utilities at above-spot fixed prices; contract book provides revenue visibility through 2030
- ▸**2023**: US Department of Energy Uranium Reserve purchase - UUUU among initial domestic suppliers selected for strategic stockpile
- ▸**2023-2024**: Rare-earth carbonate supply agreement with Neo Performance Materials for processing of White Mesa REE product
- ▸**2024**: Expanded REE processing at White Mesa following receipt of monazite sand feed from third-party sources (Chemours, Donald rare-earth project)
- VST$148.38last$140.00fib+6.0%vs fib50.0 GWanchored by Meta · Helix Digital Infrastructure (KKR / NVIDIA / KIA) · Hyperscalers (undisclosed)
- ▸2026-01-09 - 20-year PPAs with Meta for 2,609 MW of carbon-free nuclear from the PJM fleet: 1,268 MW Perry and 908 MW Davis-Besse operating (2,176 MW), plus uprates of 213 MW Perry, 80 MW Davis-Besse and 140 MW Beaver Valley (433 MW)
- ▸Delivery schedule - part of the operating volume from late 2026, full operating delivery by year-end 2027; uprate volumes from 2031, full by year-end 2034. Largest nuclear uprates supported by a corporate customer in the US
- ▸2026-06-11 - Helix Digital Infrastructure launched by KKR with the Kuwait Investment Authority and NVIDIA, more than $10B of long-duration capital commitments, led by former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky. Vistra named preferred power provider
- ▸Cogentrix acquisition - 10 gas-fired plants, about 5.5 GW, $4B, lifting the portfolio toward ~50 GW across 18 states
- ▸Nuclear fleet - 6,448 MW: Comanche Peak (TX) plus the four former Energy Harbor reactors (Perry, Davis-Besse, Beaver Valley 1 and 2) in OH and PA. Second-largest competitive nuclear fleet in the US
- ▸Retail - TXU Energy and Dynegy serve about 5M customers, matching wholesale length against a retail book
- ▸Q2 2026 (reported 2026-08-07) - adjusted EBITDA $1.767B, up 30% year over year; FY2026 guidance reaffirmed at $6.8B to $7.6B adjusted EBITDA
Co-movement matrix (252d)
GEV | LEU | OKLO | UUUU | VST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEV | · | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.41 |
| LEU | 0.43 | · | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.42 |
| OKLO | 0.44 | 0.75 | · | 0.66 | 0.39 |
| UUUU | 0.41 | 0.62 | 0.66 | · | 0.28 |
| VST | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.28 | · |
About themes
Themes are editorial groupings - narrative buckets used for technical screens. They exist alongside bubbles, which are validated empirically by capital-flow co-movement.
When a theme's avg correlation is high, the editorial story is also tradeable as a bloc. When it's low, the narrative groups stocks that don't actually move together - useful for thinking, less useful for trading.
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the top stocks in the Nuclear theme?
- QuantAbundance's Nuclear theme tracks 5 stocks ranked editorially: GEV, LEU, OKLO, UUUU, VST.
- Do Nuclear stocks move together?
- The Nuclear theme has a 252-day average correlation of 0.48 across its members - decent co-movement. Editorial themes are narrative groupings, not capital-flow validated; tradability follows correlation, not the story.