The cheapest nuclear and uranium ETFs
See 10 funds ranked by the annual fee the fund charges. Updated Oct 20, 2026. A fee is one fact, not a verdict. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, and the holdings are on the theme page.
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| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee ↑ | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | URAN | Themes Uranium & Nuclear ETF | 0.35% | $28m | 24.1% | −33.3% |
| 2 | NLR | VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF | 0.52% | $3.2bn | 15.1% | −36.8% |
| 3 | SMRF | ALPS Nautilus SMR, Nuclear & Technology | 0.65% | $11m | 27.8% | too new |
| 4 | URA | Global X Uranium ETF | 0.69% | $5.4bn | 0.0% | −30.9% |
| 5 | RCTR | First Trust Bloomberg Nuclear Power ETF | 0.70% | $29m | 30.2% | −12.3% |
| 6 | TNUK | Tortoise Nuclear Renaissance ETF | 0.75% | $2m | 17.4% | too new |
| 7 | URNM | Sprott Uranium Miners ETF | 0.75% | $1.7bn | 0.0% | −24.7% |
| 8 | UX | Roundhill Uranium ETF | 0.77% | $4m | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 9 | URNJ | Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF | 0.80% | $288m | 0.0% | −37.7% |
| 10 | NUKZ | Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF | 0.85% | $890m | 23.0% | −17.5% |
Method
The 10 of 10 ETFs in the nuclear and uranium theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.3% to 0.8%.
The rest of the method
A fee is the one number a fund controls and the one a holder always pays. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.
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