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Oct 9 → Oct 16, 05:30 ET · Last update Oct 16, 10:04 ET

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Erik Townsend focused on advanced nuclear power, previewing an interview about scaling production and reducing nuclear’s cost below coal and gas. He also argued that the uranium-mining share selloff was likely nearing its end, while allowing for a few more down days and a possible lower low 3. Another post expressed a view he expected to be popular, but the supplied evidence does not include its substance 4.

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last 90 days · 49 positions
Aalo Atomics +2.0 · 3nuclear +1.7 · 3China +1.3 · 3U.S. -1.3 · 3uranium +1.5 · 2AI 0.0 · 2United States of America 0.0 · 2NexGen Energy Ltd. -1.0 · 2

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  • ETErik TownsendVery high risk on United States of America Sees a large and growing competitive disadvantage and energy security risk for the U.S. from China's nuclear push. “I think that we have a gigantic competitive disadvantage problem forming here” ▶ 47:01 MacroVoices #554 Yasir Arafat: Mass Manufacturin… · 15 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendSharply improving on People's Republic of China Expects China to outspend and outpace the U.S. in advanced nuclear unless the U.S. takes policy action. “I'm afraid China already intends to outspend you” ▶ 49:44 MacroVoices #554 Yasir Arafat: Mass Manufacturin… · 15 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly for on United States of America Wants U.S. policy to prioritize nuclear and support Chris Wright's agenda to keep the country competitive. ▶ 56:13 MacroVoices #554 Yasir Arafat: Mass Manufacturin… · 15 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on AI data centers Predicts demand from AI data centers alone over the next few years will make one gigawatt per year woefully insufficient. “I think it's going to be woefully insufficient” ▶ 8:09 MacroVoices #554 Yasir Arafat: Mass Manufacturin… · 15 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on advanced nuclear industry Expects that if modular nuclear power becomes cheaper than coal and gas, demand explodes and the industry scales to hundreds of gigawatts per year. ▶ 16:35 MacroVoices #554 Yasir Arafat: Mass Manufacturin… · 15 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on Uranium mining Expects the uranium mining rout to end soon and sees it as a ripe opportunity to add to long-term positions, though a final undercut low near $35-36 may come first. Open the post 🧵The end of the Uranium rout looks to be near … · 12 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendRisk rising on U.S. Townsend sees the coming midterm political shift as a big risk factor the market is ignoring, expecting fear of uncertainty to intensify. ▶ 29:53 MacroVoices #552 David Rosenberg: Navigating The… · 1 Oct
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on Aalo Atomics Aalo Atomics and others are making reactor construction far easier and faster via factory mass-production. “Building a nuclear reactor is about to get a whole LOT easier and faster, thanks to @AaloAtomics and others” Open the post Benjamin's statement is brilliantly insightful, … · 30 Sept
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on Breeder reactors Breeders will be commercialized and change the course of history, running for centuries on enrichment tails. “Breeders will change the course of history. The Nuclear Old Guard won't be the ones to commercialize them.” Open the post Benjamin's statement is brilliantly insightful, … · 30 Sept
  • ETErik TownsendBullish on uranium Uranium demand from mass-produced reactors will outstrip supply, creating a supply crisis in the mid-late 2030s. “only mass-produced breeders can solve the coming uranium supply crisis of the mid-late 2030s” Open the post Benjamin's statement is brilliantly insightful, … · 30 Sept
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on breeders The first company to mass-produce breeders fueled by U-238 or Th-232 will change the course of history. “The first company to mass-produce breeders fueled by U-238 or Th-232 will change the course of history.” Open the post Benjamin's statement is brilliantly insightful, … · 30 Sept
  • ETErik TownsendStrongly bullish on TerraPower TerraPower's TWR design can run 500 years on depleted uranium tails, a cool and promising design. “Terra Power has a cool design they call TWR that can run for 500 years on the depleted uranium tails” Open the post Benjamin's statement is brilliantly insightful, … · 30 Sept

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