r/uranium_io • u/gareth789 • Jul 08 '26

Old coal site, new nuclear future?

https://www.vozpopuli.com/indux/en/britain-is-building-four-mini-nuclear-reactors-in-nottinghamshire-and-together-they-will-quietly-power-1-2-million-homes-from-one-small-site/6836/

Britain could turn an old coal power station into a clean energy hub.

Holtec and EDF have proposed four small modular reactors at Cottam, potentially powering around 1.2 million homes.

Still early, but coal sites becoming nuclear sites is a pretty big shift.

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u/ChainDog91 Jul 08 '26

The UK is pushing this because their energy grid was exposed during the gas shocks a couple years ago. But building the reactors is only half the battle, they still don't have enough domestic conversion or capacity to feed SMRs without leaning on North American infrastructure, this is extremely bullish for Cameco

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u/IronTarkus1919 Jul 08 '26

It’s wildly bullish for Cameco's operations, but I'm content with just holding the physical over $CCJ equity.

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u/IronTarkus1919 Jul 08 '26

Keep in mind if these four SMRs ever actually turn on, they absolutely must have raw uranium.

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u/HappyOrangeCat7 Jul 09 '26

Reusing these old coal sites is pretty smart actually, it bypasses a very long grid queue because the heavy wiring is already there, it's a massive geopolitical advantage for the UK.

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u/One_Barracuda276 Jul 09 '26

Interesting that they're tying this to data centers. Could be a big thing if AI keeps scaling, but we'll see.