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Eagle Nuclear Energy CEO Sees US Uranium Contracting Wave Ahead
Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. CEO Mark Mukhija said in an interview that US nuclear utilities are approaching an inflection point that could trigger a new wave of uranium contracting. The United States consumed 50 million pounds of uranium in 2024 while producing only 677,000 pounds, a structural deficit that Eagle aims to address with its Aurora project in Oregon, which hosts an indicated resource of 32.75 million pounds. The company is awaiting state approvals for a drill program to support a pre-feasibility study targeted for the second half of 2027, with a baseline production estimate of 2032. Eagle, which began trading on Nasdaq in February 2026 after a business combination, was added to the Solactive Global Uranium and Nuclear Components Total Return Index in early August, qualifying it for the Global X Uranium ETF. The company is also developing small modular reactor designs as part of an integrated nuclear energy platform.