Lightbridge CEO to Participate on National Security Panel at the 2019 Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Annual Conference
Fri March 22, 2019 8:30 AM|GlobeNewswire|About: LTBR
RESTON, Va., March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (LTBR) (NASDAQ: LTBR), a nuclear fuel developer, today announced that Seth Grae, Chief Executive Officer of Lightbridge (LTBG), will participate on a panel discussion, entitled, “EXIM and National Security: How Export Credit Financing Protects Key U.S. Industries” being held on Thursday, March 28th at 9:50 am ET at the 2019 EXIM Annual Conference at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC.
America's competitors have created strategies to gain advantages in sectors critical to U.S. economic and national security. This panel discussion tackles how export credit can be utilized to protect these key industries and maintain American dominance.
About EXIM
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency of the United States. EXIM is an independent Executive Branch agency with a mission of supporting American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services.
About Lightbridge Corporation
Lightbridge (NASDAQ: LTBR) is a nuclear fuel technology development company based in Reston, Virginia, USA. The Company develops proprietary next generation nuclear fuel technologies for current and future reactors, which significantly enhances the economics and safety of nuclear power, operating about 1000° C cooler than standard fuel. In January 2018, Lightbridge and Framatome, Inc. formed a 50-50 joint venture, Enfission, LLC, to develop, license, manufacture, and sell nuclear fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge-designed metallic fuel technology and other advanced nuclear fuel intellectual property. Enfission has the exclusive rights to this technology and is responsible for the development of manufacturing processes and fuel assembly designs for pressurized water reactors (PWRs), boiling water reactors (BWRs), water-cooled small modular reactors, and water-cooled research reactors developed around this intellectual property. PWRs and BWRs constitute the most widely used reactor types in the world. Four large electric utilities that generate about half the nuclear power in the US already advise Lightbridge on fuel development and deployment. In addition to distributions from Enfission based on the parties’ ownership interest in the joint venture, Lightbridge anticipates receiving future licensing revenues in connection with sales by Enfission of nuclear fuel incorporating its intellectual property. Lightbridge also provides comprehensive advisory services for established and emerging nuclear programs based on a philosophy of transparency, non-proliferation, safety and operational excellence. For more information please visit: www.ltbridge.com.
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Fri March 22, 2019 8:30 AM|GlobeNewswire|About: LTBR
RESTON, Va., March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (LTBR) (NASDAQ: LTBR), a nuclear fuel developer, today announced that Seth Grae, Chief Executive Officer of Lightbridge (LTBG), will participate on a panel discussion, entitled, “EXIM and National Security: How Export Credit Financing Protects Key U.S. Industries” being held on Thursday, March 28th at 9:50 am ET at the 2019 EXIM Annual Conference at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC.
America's competitors have created strategies to gain advantages in sectors critical to U.S. economic and national security. This panel discussion tackles how export credit can be utilized to protect these key industries and maintain American dominance.
About EXIM
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency of the United States. EXIM is an independent Executive Branch agency with a mission of supporting American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services.
About Lightbridge Corporation
Lightbridge (NASDAQ: LTBR) is a nuclear fuel technology development company based in Reston, Virginia, USA. The Company develops proprietary next generation nuclear fuel technologies for current and future reactors, which significantly enhances the economics and safety of nuclear power, operating about 1000° C cooler than standard fuel. In January 2018, Lightbridge and Framatome, Inc. formed a 50-50 joint venture, Enfission, LLC, to develop, license, manufacture, and sell nuclear fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge-designed metallic fuel technology and other advanced nuclear fuel intellectual property. Enfission has the exclusive rights to this technology and is responsible for the development of manufacturing processes and fuel assembly designs for pressurized water reactors (PWRs), boiling water reactors (BWRs), water-cooled small modular reactors, and water-cooled research reactors developed around this intellectual property. PWRs and BWRs constitute the most widely used reactor types in the world. Four large electric utilities that generate about half the nuclear power in the US already advise Lightbridge on fuel development and deployment. In addition to distributions from Enfission based on the parties’ ownership interest in the joint venture, Lightbridge anticipates receiving future licensing revenues in connection with sales by Enfission of nuclear fuel incorporating its intellectual property. Lightbridge also provides comprehensive advisory services for established and emerging nuclear programs based on a philosophy of transparency, non-proliferation, safety and operational excellence. For more information please visit: www.ltbridge.com.
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