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UEC hails Trump executive orders targeting 400 GW nuclear capacity, quadrupling uranium demand
URANIUM ENERGY CORP
- Executive orders invoke Defense Production Act, aim to expand U.S. nuclear capacity from ~100 GW to 400 GW by 2050.
- DOE directed to deliver 5 GW uprates at existing plants and have 10 new large reactors under construction by 2030.
- UEC expects annual U.S. uranium demand to rise from 47M to ~190M lbs per year under the build-out.
- Orders also authorize DOE-backed offtake programs and nuclear industry consortia for U.S.-origin uranium products.
- UEC, as America's largest uranium supplier, says it is positioned to support the policy shift with domestic production.