Natural gas and Nuclear fission reactors

Their prices have moved together.

Natural gas (energy) and Nuclear fission reactors (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: competing power

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Gas plants compete with nuclear in power markets, and high gas prices raise the value of existing reactors and support new build decisions. The link works over years through policy and investment, so monthly moves show no relation, correlating at 0.04.

• 0.04 monthly change correlation
• 0.01 12-month change correlation
• 0.29 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.