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Lightbridge Commends U.S. Department of Energy’s Launch of UPRISE Initiative to Accelerate U.S. Nuclear Energy Expansion
Lightbridge Fuel is Designed to Provide the Greatest Power Uprates to Existing Pressurized Water ReactorsRESTON, Va., March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (“Lightbridge” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today commended the U.S. Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) launch of the Utility Power Reactor Incremental Scaling Effort (“UPRISE”), a new initiative aimed at significantly expanding the nation’s nuclear energy capacity by maximizi
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