But if look beneath the surface retail investors on Reddit, X, and other forums are keeping their bullish tone. At least as of today, they're viewing the dip as a buying opportunity. While these groups can get a fever and momentum all their own the fundamental belief that nuclear energy is the comeback kid of 2025 and beyond seems valid.
Uranium wasn't seen to hold very much value before World War II. It was much less important than radium, which sits alongside uranium in ores like pitchblende and carnotite and was widely used in medical settings and to make luminous instrument dials. Yet with the discovery of uranium's use in nuclear fission, what was once a byproduct became these ores' most hotly desired component.