Lightbridge Selected for U.S. Department of Energy Launch Pad INL Program to Advance ...

Lightbridge Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory to participate in the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad INL Program, enabling accelerated DOE authorization to build and operate a facility to manufacture Lead Test Assemblies of their metallic nuclear fuel for commercial reactor testing. This program aims to shorten the timeline toward commercial deployment of Lightbridge Fuel with potential increased power output and safety margins for U.S. nuclear reactors.

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