Uranium Producers (CCJ) (DNN) (USU) (URG) (URRE) Getting Crushed Today

Shares of uranium producers and suppliers are getting crushed today on concerns over the potential consequences which could come as a result of the damage at nuclear power plants in Japan.

Companies like Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ), Denison Mines Corp (AMEX:DNN), USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), URG (AMEX:URG), Uranium Resources Inc. (URRE), Crosshair Expl & Mining (AMEX:CXZ) and Uranium Energy (AMEX: UEC).

Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW), Market Vectors Nuclear Energy E (NYSEArca:NLR) and iShares S&P Global Nuclear Energy Index (Nasdaq:NUCL) were also getting hammered.

"The triple issue of the earthquake, tsunami and now the nuclear plant is enough to make anyone afraid," said James Dailey, portfolio manager of the Team Asset Strategy Fund. "Anytime you get this type of human tragedy, it shakes people up."

Cameco was trading at $31.61, down $5.77, or 15.44 percent, as of 12:46 PM EDT. Denison Mines was at $2.48, down $0.81, or 24.62 percent. USEC was at $4.48, down $0.68, or 13.18 percent. Ur Energy collapsed to $1.84, falling $0.67, or 26.69 percent. Uranium Resources plunged to $1.70, declining $0.6250, or 26.88 percent. Crosshair plummeted to $1.22, down $0.45, or 26.95 percent. Uranium Energy dropped to $3.62, down $1.23, or 25.46 percent.

Shaw plunged to $31.16, down $7.25, or 18.88 percent. Market Vectors Nuclear Energy fell to $21.98, down $3.53, or 13.84 percent. iShares S&P Global Nuclear Energy Index dropped to $39.27, down $5.43, or 12.15 percent.