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NuScale Power Stock Is Plunging: What's Causing the Decline

The small modular reactor maker faces formidable near-term challenges.

NuScale Power Stock Is Plunging: What's Causing the Decline

NuScale Power Stock Is Plunging: What's Causing the Decline

Published June 25, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR), a developer of small modular reactors (SMRs) for nuclear power plants, went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on May 3, 2022. Its stock opened at $10.70 per share on the first day, reached a record high of $53.43 on Oct. 15, 2025, but trades at just over $10 as of this writing. Let's see why NuScale's stock plunged, and if it could stabilize and recover in the second half of the year.

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NuScale's SMRs can be installed in vessels that are only 65 feet tall and nine feet wide, making them much smaller than conventional nuclear reactors. They're prefabricated and assembled on-site to reduce the time, labor, and costs required to build a nuclear power plant.

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