(Updates)
** Shares of ASP Isotopes ASPI.O drop 28.1% to $5.5,
hitting a four-week low
** Short-seller Fuzzy Panda says it is short on the advanced
materials firm; adds in a post on social media platform X that
ASPI has the "makings of the next nuclear meltdown"
** Short-seller alleges ASPI uses "failed tech from 20 years
ago and indulges in paid stock promotion"
** ASPI believes short-seller report includes "speculative
conjecture and claims that are inaccurate"
** Including session's losses, ASPI up more than 200% YTD
(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Kannaki Deka in Bengaluru)
((Shashwat.Chauhan@thomsonreuters.com))