Oklo fell 15.4% over the week through Monday's close to a 52-week low, while NuScale dropped 15.1%, signaling a sector-wide selloff. On October 14, a hotter-than-expected September inflation report pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to 5.26%, sending Oklo down 8.6% and NuScale roughly 10% that day. Oklo's selection by the Department of Energy for its Groves 2 facility did not stop the decline. Analysts project Oklo will burn through about $6.5 billion more in cash before 2030, exceeding its $5.1 billion market value, against $3.0 billion in cash and securities as of June 30. The article attributes the drop mainly to rate sensitivity rather than business deterioration, and flags the November third-quarter earnings report as the next key catalyst.
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