- Top uranium miners rise for a second straight day after the Japanese government reversed plans to shift away from atomic energy, designating nuclear as an integral part in meeting the country’s long-term electricity needs.
- PM Abe's plan, which is expected to receive cabinet approval in weeks, could open the door to restarting some of Japan's 48 idled reactors as soon as this year; the plan also hints at possible new reactors.
- Japan’s turnaround on atomic energy has as much to do with finances as anything else; Japan's utilities have been making up the shortfall caused by the absence of nuclear energy by buying liquefied natural gas on the international market at record high prices.
- Denison Mines (DNN +8.6%), which today announced high grade uranium intersections at its Phoenix deposit, and Cameco (CCJ +4.2%), Canada's largest uranium producer, continue to move higher; smaller miners are fading after posting strong gains yesterday: USU +3.3%, URRE -0.9%, UEC -1.1%, URG -3.4%.
- ETFs: URA, NLR, NUCL.