Nuclear Energy and the Uranium Breakout
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It wasn’t widely shared or reported, but it should’ve been.
There was major news in the nuclear sector last week that caught my eye.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
This is significant.
Fusion was considered science fiction and wishful thinking until very recently. And now there’s scientific proof of a successful reaction.
From the release:
“On Dec. 5, a team at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as scientific energy breakeven, meaning it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.”
This is a major step to reliable, cost-effective, and stable baseload power for the world. Not to mention, ultra-low in emissions.
Bravo and congratulations to all those involved.
You May Have Noticed a Nuclear Sentiment Shift…
When it comes to Nuclear energy, investors must watch Russia and China.
They’re planning massive nuclear reactor capacity which will have major impacts on uranium demand.
However, don’t forget to keep an eye on Europe…
It will be the center of the policy and sentiment shift.
It should come as no surprise that European nations are reversing their ‘anti-nuclear’ agendas as electricity prices explode.
For instance:
- Germany has pushed to extend 3 nuclear power plants running.
- Swiss politicians are now launching a petition to revise the country’s anti-nuclear policies.
- And even Italy is beginning to rethink their long-standing no-nuclear stance
Suddenly, Nuclear is Cool Again. Why?
Simple, nuclear energy is carbon neutral.
Right now, it powers 1 in 5 homes in America and is the cheapest operating source of baseload power in the USA.
For example, 11 nuclear plants in Illinois and Pennsylvania produced more power than all solar in the U.S. in 2021. (Source: EIA)
- If the U.S. invests about $1 trillion into nuclear energy by 2050, it could supply more than 3,500TWh of energy per year.
In that scenario, nuclear would provide 85% of current energy consumption.
Oh, and all carbon-free, for less than half of the CARES Act stimulus.
Net Zero Solved. You’re welcome.
No Brainer: Affordable Net Zero Power
On top of this, the push for zero-carbon energy (aka energy that emits zero emissions) is growing sharply.
Things like coal and crude oil production are taboo.
So, there’s increasing demand for both cheaper and zero-carbon energy sources.
This is where nuclear comes in…
Putting it simply, you can’t hit consistent zero-carbon pledges without using nuclear energy.
It’s just not possible. That’s because nuclear energy is a highly efficient, zero-emission, and clean energy source.
Forbes wrote that,
“To reach net-zero by 2050, the US would need to deploy one new nuclear power plant worth of carbon-free energy about every six days, starting this week [this was written in September 2019], and continue until 2050…”
Global X ETFs showed the dire shortfall of nuclear reactors needed by 2050 to hit the base-case for net-zero emissions.
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According to them, there’s a roughly 50% gap between what’s planned vs. what’s needed…
Uranium Forecast: Supply and Demand
Here’s the current supply and demand scenario around the world.
- A total of 99 nuclear reactors are planned, with over 300 more reactors in the proposal stage
Even the Biden administration supported the nuclear energy drive by handing out $6 billion in funding in April.
Some other examples of the renewed nuclear renaissance are:
- Canada committed C$970 million towards financing new nuclear power technology.
- South Korea’s new president – Yoon Suk Yeol – has aggressively pushed at boosting nuclear energy to overtake coal as the main source of electricity.
- Japan is planning to restart seven nuclear reactors by summer 2023 as nuclear energy begins to gain back political and public support.
This is something that speaks volumes towards this, and that is the sentiment shift in Japan…
Where nuclear energy is becoming more popular again, just 11 years after suffering their own nuclear crisis.
It’s clear that nuclear power has come back into favor.
This bodes well for uranium stocks that can profit from rising prices over the coming years.
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