RESTON, Va., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (“Lightbridge” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Seth Grae will speak at three industry events in September: the Arnova Nuclear Energy Summit 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 14, followed by two events in New York — the PowerStack Forum at Nest Climate Campus on September 22 and the Atlantic Council’s third annual Nuclear Energy Policy Summit on September 23.
Arnova Nuclear Energy Summit 2026
Monday, September 14, 2026 | The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland
Mr. Grae will participate as a panelist in “The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Bottlenecks, Opportunities, Outlook.” The session will examine how the nuclear fuel cycle works, from mining through conversion, enrichment, and fabrication; the uranium supply-demand outlook across Eastern and Western markets; near-term fuel demand from small modular reactors, gigawatt-scale new build, and power uprates of the existing reactor fleet; and common misconceptions about nuclear fuel economics.
The full-day summit brings together industry executives, investors, and policymakers to examine the global nuclear energy renaissance and the investment opportunities it presents. For more information, visit https://www.arnova.com/nuclear2026.
PowerStack Forum at Nest Climate Campus – “From Capital to Capacity”
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 | Nest Climate Campus, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, N.Y.
Mr. Grae will speak on the panel “From Gigawatts on Paper to Power in the Ground” from 11:05 to 11:30 a.m. ET. The session will examine the physical, industrial, and policy capacity required to deliver new power infrastructure at scale, including generation, grid access, equipment, construction, workforce, and permitting. The invitation-only working forum, organized by PowerStack, convenes approximately 50 senior leaders from technology, power, infrastructure, capital, and policy around a single question: how to finance and deliver the power infrastructure required for AI and industrial growth. It takes place on the opening morning of Nest Climate Campus, a three-day Climate Week NYC platform at the Javits Center.
Atlantic Council Nuclear Energy Policy Summit 2026
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | The St. Regis New York, New York, N.Y.
Mr. Grae will speak on the panel “Financial De-Risking of New Nuclear Projects” on Wednesday, September 23, from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. ET. Hosted by the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the third annual summit will take stock of a year of major change in U.S. and global nuclear energy policy. Sessions will address new public- and private-sector partnerships to fund and deliver nuclear projects; the efforts of first-mover U.S. states to deploy next-generation nuclear technologies; nuclear energy’s role in meeting rising global energy demand; and the connection between domestic nuclear deployment and a strong civil nuclear export program. For more information and to register for the virtual program, visit https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/nuclear-energy-policy-summit-2026-public/.
Seth Grae, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lightbridge, commented, “Fuel is one of the biggest levers on how much power a reactor can produce," said Seth Grae, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lightbridge. "In Zurich, I will discuss where the fuel cycle is constrained today and why power uprates of the existing fleet are among the fastest and most capital-efficient ways to add new nuclear generation to the grid, which is what Lightbridge Fuel is being designed to enable.”
“Our selection for DOE's Launch Pad program at Idaho National Laboratory gives us an accelerated pathway to a DOE-authorized facility to manufacture the full-scale lead test assemblies that utilities will run in their plants, with construction starting as soon as next year. That is exactly the kind of public-private pathway the Atlantic Council summit and the PowerStack forum are built around, and it is how policy support for new nuclear capacity turns into fuel loaded in reactors.”
About Lightbridge Corporation
Lightbridge Corporation (Nasdaq: LTBR) is focused on developing advanced nuclear fuel technology essential to delivering abundant, zero-emission, clean energy and providing energy security to the world. The Company is developing Lightbridge Fuel™, a proprietary next-generation nuclear fuel technology for existing light-water and pressurized heavy-water reactors, significantly enhancing reactor safety, economics, and proliferation resistance. The Company is also developing Lightbridge Fuel for new small modular reactors to deliver the same benefits, plus load-following with renewables, on a zero-carbon electric grid.
Lightbridge has entered into two long-term framework agreements with Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, the United States Department of Energy’s operating contractor for Idaho National Laboratory, the United States’ lead nuclear energy research and development laboratory. DOE’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program has twice awarded Lightbridge to support the development of Lightbridge Fuel over the past several years. An extensive worldwide patent portfolio backs Lightbridge’s innovative fuel technology. Lightbridge is included in the Russell 2000®, Russell 3000®, and Solactive Global Uranium and Nuclear Components Total Return Indexes. For more information, please visit www.ltbridge.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
With the exception of historical matters, the matters discussed herein are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this news release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly from such estimates. The risks include, but are not limited to: Lightbridge’s ability to commercialize its nuclear fuel technology, including risks related to the design and testing of nuclear fuel incorporating its technology and the degree of market adoption of Lightbridge’s product and service offerings; dependence on strategic partners; any adverse changes to Lightbridge’s agreements or relationship with the U.S. government and its national laboratories; Lightbridge’s ability to fund its future operations, including general corporate overhead and outside research and development expenses, and continue as a going concern; the future market and demand for Lightbridge’s fuel for nuclear reactors and its ability to attract customers; Lightbridge’s ability to manage the business effectively in a rapidly evolving market; Lightbridge’s ability to employ and retain qualified employees and consultants that have experience in the nuclear industry; competition and competitive factors in the markets in which Lightbridge competes, including from accident-tolerant fuels; access to and availability of nuclear test reactors and the risks associated with unexpected changes in Lightbridge’s nuclear fuel development timeline; access to and availability of adequate resources and manufacturing capabilities at national laboratories that affect our nuclear fuel development timeline and project costs; Lightbridge’s ability to deploy and operate a dedicated nuclear fuel fabrication facility; the increased costs associated with metallization of Lightbridge’s nuclear fuel; uncertainties related to conducting business in foreign countries; public perception of nuclear energy generally; changes in laws, rules, and regulations governing Lightbridge’s business; changes in the political environment; development and utilization of, and challenges to, Lightbridge’s intellectual property domestically and abroad; the volatility of the trading price of Lightbridge’s securities and the potential for purchasers of its securities to incur substantial losses; and other factors described in Lightbridge’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Lightbridge does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
A further description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Lightbridge’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and in its other filings with the SEC, including in the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements,” all of which are available at http://www.sec.gov/ and www.ltbridge.com.
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