So Nano Nuclear popped 4.4% Wednesday and honestly the story behind it is pretty interesting. Bank of America upgraded Oklo this morning, and apparently that's lifting the whole nuclear energy investment sector. The thing that caught my eye is Oklo's deal with Meta - they're basically getting paid upfront for power that hasn't been generated yet. That's huge for actually building out these small modular reactors.



Meanwhile Japan just restarted a massive reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa for the first time since Fukushima in 2011. They've quietly brought 14 reactors back online in recent years. Makes sense when you think about it - data centers are eating power, and nobody's building coal plants anymore.

The play here is that Nano's small reactor designs should benefit from all this growing demand for nuclear energy investment. The tech is supposedly safer and more scalable than traditional plants. That said, analysts don't expect them to actually turn a profit until 2033 at the earliest, which is a long wait. Not sure I'm ready to bet on that timeline yet, but the tailwinds are definitely there.
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