The Trump administration is working on a deal to give weapons-grade plutonium to energy companies - CNN
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The story
The Trump administration is advancing a program to transfer Cold War-era weapons-grade plutonium to private energy companies, with Oklo selected by the DOE for advanced negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program. This is a meaningful policy catalyst for Oklo's fuel supply chain, but the stock is already up 4.3% on the news and insiders have been net sellers.
The case — both sides
The house read
Fade the OKLO pop short-term — insider selling is heavy (14 sales / 0 buys in 30d) and the stock has already repriced on DOE selection news, leaving limited near-term upside before the next hard catalyst.
Wrong ifA formal DOE contract announcement or congressional accelerant on the plutonium program could squeeze shorts sharply; this is a politically driven headline-risk name and Trump administration timelines are unpredictable.
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