Lightbridge pulls first fuel samples from Idaho National Lab reactor

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Initial Lightbridge Fuel™ Material Samples Removed from Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor

June 25, 2026 7:00 AM EDT

RESTON, Va., June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (Lightbridge or the Company) (Nasdaq: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today announced that the first batch of its fuel material samples undergoing irradiation at the Idaho National Laboratorys (INL) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) have been successfully removed and will now be cooled down over the next several months in preparation for post-irradiation examination, which is expected to begin later this year.

The samples were removed on May 6, 2026, with Lightbridges full-time fuel engineering team and senior management 24 Lightbridge... More