Ryan Stancil,
Editor
Oct. 17, 2025
During World War II, soldiers needed a way to quickly open boxes of ammo on the battlefield. The boxes had seals that were easily broken, and an ordnance plant worker named Vesta Stoudt wrote to President Roosevelt with an idea to seal the boxes with a fabric tape prototype she had just tested. Duct tape, a new adhesive tape designed to be ripped by hand, was the result.
In the late 1960s, thanks to funding from the US Department of Defense, ARPAnet was created, allowing computers to communicate with each other. This eventually evolved into the internet.
In the 1970s, a new method was developed to quickly administer an antidote for soldiers exposed to nerve gas. That technology is the epinephrine autoinjector, otherwise known as the EpiPen.
These are just a few examples of modern technology that are common today but were first either developed or widely adopted by the military.
It’s more common than many people think, which makes sense given how much time the military spends on research and development.
And it’s a fascinating thing to think about because of how widespread the resulting technology often becomes once it’s released for civilian use.
If the Department of Defense has its way, we could be seeing another instance of something like this in the very near future.
On October 14th, the US Army announced the Janus Program, a nuclear reactor program aimed at installing small nuclear reactors on US Army bases around the world. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright said that a next-generation small modular reactor would go live at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory by next July.
This falls in line with Trump’s recent executive order, called “Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security,” to have a nuclear reactor operating on a military base no later than the end of September 2028.
All of this stems from a desire for the US to be a leader in energy and get away from being dependent on foreign sources for our energy needs.
The announcement was welcome news to the industry, to the point where companies that develop reactors saw their prices climb on Wednesday. One example was a company called NuScale, whose value increased 16% on the news.
That bump also hit uranium suppliers, and the boost in price was further spurred along by continued geopolitical tensions between the US and China. Back-and-forth animosity on tariffs ignited again and that brought renewed mainstream attention to America’s push for more resource independence.
And that attention is going to pay off in spades for uranium investors. The Janus Program may start with US Army bases, but like many innovations adopted by the military, its spread to the wider public is inevitable.
It’s no secret that governments can no longer ignore the necessity of widespread nuclear power adoption. The small modular reactors at the core of this program are what will make that a reality. The lower costs and smaller imprints compared to traditional reactors are what will make their implementation easier, and this project, if successful, will show how viable they are.
From there, adoption could accelerate and that will lead to more demand for the uranium that powers them. It’s one investment story that’s going overlooked, but one that you can benefit from massively if you buy into the right uranium provider.
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Keep your eyes open,
Ryan Stancil
Editor, Daily Profit Cycle