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      "title": "Contract-backed nuclear capacity drew the strongest early response",
      "summary": "Constellation rose more than Vistra in early US trading after Google backed 890 MW of nuclear uprates with a 20-year contract. Vistra's separate plan has a conditional federal loan for 433 MW. The comparison suggests contract certainty mattered alongside nuclear scarcity, but one intraday snapshot cannot prove cause or future returns.",
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        "mechanism": "A 20-year buyer contract can turn planned uprates into revenue visibility before construction. A conditional government loan can lower financing risk, but does not by itself add a buyer or prove that funding will close.",
        "impact": "The early move was largest for Constellation, the named generator with both new contracted capacity and long existing-supply cover. This supports a WATCH stance, not an entry call.",
        "countercase": "The opening moves may be short-lived sector sympathy or reflect other news. Prices do not prove causation. Neither package proves regulatory approval, construction delivery, cost control or cash returns.",
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          "Contract pricing and the capex-to-return bridge were not disclosed in the reviewed sources.",
          "Vistra's financing remains conditional and Constellation's first uprate is expected, not guaranteed, in 2028."
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      "next_check": "Check closing prices and volume, Constellation's capex-to-return bridge, definitive Vistra financing, uprate approvals and the first delivered capacity milestone.",
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