The Rokslide Stock Traders Thread

[Beendare]

Anyone following the Radiant Nuclear portable (shipping container size) mass producible reactors? They’re testing one soon in the .gov Idaho test facility. They aren’t public but may something to watch.

US firm's mass-producible Kaleidos nuclear reactor gets key approval

Radiant clears a major milestone with DOE approval of the DARK safety submission, paving the way for a 2026 full-power test.

interestingengineering.com

https://www.radiantnuclear.com/

I'm a nuclear fan and think these small reactor clusters are the way to go. I have done some research but I'm not an expert or even have a solid educated opinion.....so factor that into my comments.

Isn't it like anything else in the investing world? A cutting edge tech with a lot of players and a lot of hype/speculation...that has not been completely developed. At my knowledge level, its more of a horse race than an investment thesis.

The ETF is mostly Cameco and Uranium suppliers.

Over the past 4+ decades, I know guys that have bet on the right horse on these new tech cutting edge investments.....but fully 9 out of 10 friends admit to losing money on these penny stocks and too early developmental companies. Losing your ass on one stock kills your overall performance.

A couple years back, NuScale made it sound like they are ready to start cranking these things out and put them in use. Nope- not fully developed....and then there is the almost 10 year construction, permit and gov approval stage. Hopefully this admin can streamline that to a few years...but still.

 

[Escalante11]

Anyone following the Radiant Nuclear portable (shipping container size) mass producible reactors? They’re testing one soon in the .gov Idaho test facility. They aren’t public but may something to watch.

US firm's mass-producible Kaleidos nuclear reactor gets key approval

Radiant clears a major milestone with DOE approval of the DARK safety submission, paving the way for a 2026 full-power test.

interestingengineering.com

https://www.radiantnuclear.com/

We did a couple private investments in SMR producers last year, so I spent quite a bit of time in the weeds here. My honest opinion is that the most of the listed SMR producers are fairly well priced today. We and alot of other institutional capital poured into them in 2025, and certain of the upside to them was priced out as a result. I personally don't hold SMR exposure in my own portfolio today.

Physical uranium seems like the much better trade today if you want nuclear exposure, which you all should in my opinion. Even more so considering that the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (SRUUF) will often trade at a discount to NAV. I've had ~10% of my portfolio in SRUUF since 2021 and continue to add to that position on days when it is trading at a discount. I believe physical uranium is one of the safer 2 - 3x trades over the next ~5 years. As long as Israel doesn't throw a tactical nuke into Iran, it's about as asymetric of a trade as currently exists given the underlying supply/demand fundamentals to uranium.

I dabble in some of the juniors, but don't have enough conviction in any single producer to make a reccomendation there to my Rokslide friends. If you want nuclear exposure, prioritize physicals via SRUUF. If you have a higher risk tolerance and want a bit more leverage to the trade, buy a basket of juniors in the form of URNJ or something similar.

 

[Beendare]

We hear about insider trading......heres an example of why we need Congress to shut it down...and why they won't;

April 7th someone bought 10,000 one day SPY calls at $.96 before the market closed.

Trump announces cease fire

Sold the next morning for $4.16. $960,000 to $4,160,000 in less than a day.

 

[BBob]

A couple years back, NuScale made it sound like they are ready to start cranking these things out and put them in use. Nope- not fully developed....

Radiant is supposedly ready to deploy by 2028 if all goes well in testing. They’ve got a contract in hand for a bunch of them for a large data center. These things are self contained and designed to replace or substitute a portable diesel generator. Plop them down, hookup electrical and go. Fan cooled, no water and run for 5 years before they need to be refueled. They can be refueled I believe 4x for a life of 20 years. Looking forward to see how that all plays out.

 

[CorbLand]

We hear about insider trading......heres an example of why we need Congress to shut it down...and why they won't;

April 7th someone bought 10,000 one day SPY calls at $.96 before the market closed.

Trump announces cease fire

Sold the next morning for $4.16. $960,000 to $4,160,000 in less than a day.

Nah, that’s not insider trading. That just really smart people doing their research, taking a risk, and getting a little lucky.

*sarcasm

 

[Escalante11]

It makes these pure helium plays out there more interesting and will make the natural gas companies happy.

It makes certain of the midstream companies happy, not necessarily the upstream producers. And those midstream companies that do have uncontracted LNG export capacity have already seen their stock prices run up a decent amount (e.g., Venture Global).

I'd be careful trading natural gas production on the prospects of Hormuz. We need to remember that US and Canada don't have the infrastructure to sell natural gas into global markets to the extent that we should. Gas could trade at $20 in europe, and trade at $3 dollars in the states. Europe could be having a full on energy crisis, and US nat gas producers could be drowning in excess natural gas..

One of the hottest investments in private equity over the past 2+ years has been energy midstream and downstream infrastructure development projects, specifically LNG liquifaction projects aimed at increasing the supply of LNG exports. There will undoubtedly be a time when US natural gas trades similar to global natural gas because of these recent investments, but as of today, it is simply impossible.

I like Comstok Resources as a levered nat gas bet for what its worth. Most of the more mature, production oriented names in the space have allready re-rated quite a bit such as Devon/Coterra. Comstock is more of an exploration play of course, but sits on some of the last great shale resources in the Haynesville.

 

[bozeman]

We hear about insider trading......heres an example of why we need Congress to shut it down...and why they won't;

April 7th someone bought 10,000 one day SPY calls at $.96 before the market closed.

Trump announces cease fire

Sold the next morning for $4.16. $960,000 to $4,160,000 in less than a day.

I only need 10% of this action, once per qtr....

 

[Escalante11]

Worth a listen y’all. Erik hosts a great podcast, and Adam is one of the better real assets fund managers out there. I trust him with about 15% of my 401k today. Here is his view on the best opportunities in resource investing, recorded yesterday.

Adam’s mutual fund is GRHAX if anyone finds his investment positioning interesting.

MacroVoices #527 Adam Rozencwajg: What Comes Next After The Iran Crisis

Podcast Episode · Macro Voices · April 9 · 1h 37m

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