Re: Global X Uranium ETF USD (ISIN: US37950E2752)
Sobre la nueva puesta en marcha de las centrales nucleares de Japón.
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At the moment there are 17 reactors that have been put forward for the restart process. Two of them have been shortlisted for restart. Those two reactors are going through the final rounds of safety checks and public consultations, but unfortunately at this point we still don't have a clear idea of what the timing would be. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is keen to see the first restarts before the summer, which is the period of peak electricity demand in Japan. If that occurs, we could see the first reactors restart around the middle of the year. Hopefully some further reactors restart after that.
In terms of what reactor restarts in Japan mean for the market, it's more of a derisking event for the equities and probably won't have an immediate effect on the uranium price. Since Fukushima, Japanese utilities have by and large continued to take deliveries of their contractual commitments, so they have accumulated quite significant levels of excess inventories. Their engagement in the market and their need for new material beyond what they're already contracted to take will probably remain fairly suppressed for quite a few years to come, even after restarts have commenced.
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