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Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ: LTBR) is an advanced nuclear fuel technology company developing Lightbridge Fuel™, a proprietary metallic fuel concept for existing light water reactors, pressurized heavy water reactors, and new small modular reactors. The LTBR news feed highlights company announcements that trace the progress of this fuel technology from design to fabrication, testing, and licensing-related activities.
Investors and industry observers following LTBR news will see updates on research milestones, such as co-extrusion of demonstration rods, fabrication of enriched uranium-zirconium alloy samples, and the start of irradiation testing campaigns in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. The company also reports on post-irradiation examination plans and technical papers presented at conferences like the American Nuclear Society’s TopFuel meeting, which it describes as supporting peer-reviewed validation of Lightbridge Fuel performance and safety characteristics.
Lightbridge news releases frequently cover collaborations and policy-related developments. Examples include long-term framework agreements with Battelle Energy Alliance at Idaho National Laboratory, awards from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program, participation in university-led studies, and memoranda of understanding with other nuclear technology companies to evaluate potential co-location of fuel fabrication facilities and use of legacy materials. The company also issues periodic business updates and quarterly financial results, detailing research and development spending, capital raised through at-the-market offerings, and its cash position.
Readers can use this LTBR news page to monitor company conference appearances, policy summit participation, patent developments such as new multi-zone fuel rod patents, and other disclosures that Lightbridge identifies as important to its advanced nuclear fuel development roadmap.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) announced that President and CEO Seth Grae will present at three investor conferences in April 2026: Jefferies Virtual Nuclear Conference (April 8, 8:45 a.m. ET), Gabelli Waste & Environmental Services Symposium (April 9, 2:00 p.m. ET, New York), and The Economist Nuclear Summit panel (April 15, 13:00 BST, London).
Registration and webcast access details are available through each conference organizer.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for U.S. Patent Application No. 18/383,668 titled “Fuel Assembly” on April 1, 2026. The allowed 16 claims cover spirally twisted, multi-lobed metallic fuel elements and assemblies for pressurized heavy-water reactors, including CANDU designs, with a moderator-to-fuel ratio of 2.4 or less. The application is a divisional of earlier U.S. filings and extends a patent family that includes four issued U.S. patents.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) will serve on the Industry Advisory Board for a $6 million, four-year DOE-funded nuclear materials research project led by Penn State called BTN2M2.
The consortium will build a radiologically-dedicated dual-beam plasma Focused Ion Beam (FIB) and a Nuclear Materials Micro-Fabrication Facility to enable micro-scale study of radioactive materials, reducing sample radioactivity by up to 17 orders of magnitude and expanding research access. Lightbridge will advise research direction with an emphasis on irradiation behavior of cladding for Lightbridge Fuel.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) presented advanced fuel research at TMS2026 in San Diego on March 19, 2026. Two technical managers delivered talks on metal fuels and U-Zr alloy properties, highlighting a Lightbridge-validated framework that models the company's proprietary UZr2 fuel using measured coupon data.
The presentations were in the metal fuels session chaired by Professor Ericmoore Jossou, reinforcing Lightbridge's technical role in advanced nuclear fuel development.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) entered an initial engineering contract with Stern Laboratories to assess the thermal‑hydraulic (TH) performance of Lightbridge Fuel for light water reactors. The multi‑phase program includes electrically heated fuel simulator design, single‑ and nine‑rod CHF tests (600–2,200 psia), and a multi‑year testing program to support U.S. licensing. Phase 1 is estimated to take approximately one year to complete.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) praised the U.S. Department of Energy’s new UPRISE initiative, announced March 12, 2026, which targets 2.5 GW of additional nuclear capacity by 2027 and 5 GW by 2029 to expand U.S. nuclear output.
The DOE program includes supply-chain assessments, plant upgrades, and reactor restarts, and cites more than $289 billion in available loan authority with up to 80% financing for eligible projects. Lightbridge highlighted its fuel design and ongoing irradiation testing that began in November 2025 as positioning the company to support longer-term uprate goals.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) reported fiscal 2025 results and a business update on Feb 25, 2026. The company reported cash and cash equivalents of $201.9M, working capital of $201.7M, total assets of $203.8M and stockholders' equity of $203.0M. Net loss was $19.6M in 2025. R&D spending increased to $9.2M and G&A to $14.0M. Lightbridge completed co-extrusion of uranium-zirconium alloy samples and began Advanced Test Reactor testing with Idaho National Laboratory. A conference call is scheduled Feb 26 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) will release fiscal year 2025 financial results on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 after market close and hold a business update and earnings conference call on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
The call will be led by CEO Seth Grae, include other executives, feature an audio webcast and a replay, and accept written investor questions by February 19, 2026 via email to the company.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) announced management will participate in four investor conferences and events in January–February 2026. President and CEO Seth Grae will present at the 28th Annual Needham Growth Conference on Jan 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET with a live webcast and replay available. He will speak at the Global Cleantech Investor Gala in Davos on Jan 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM CET delivering “The Need for Nuclear.”
Mr. Grae will join a panel at the Nuclear Energy Institute Nuclear Financing Summit on Jan 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET, and will keynote and panel at the World Nuclear SMR & Advanced Reactor Congress in London on Feb 10–11, 2026, including a Feb 11 session on advanced fuels and SMR scaling.
Lightbridge (Nasdaq: LTBR) began irradiation testing of its enriched uranium-zirconium alloy fuel material samples on Nov 19, 2025 in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under a CRADA.
Key points: capsule irradiation has started following fabrication and loading of coupon samples; the campaign will collect material performance data on microstructural evolution, thermal conductivity and burnup effects; selected samples will undergo post-irradiation examination at INL to support design qualification and future licensing reports.