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[iknowtheway]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.301.078 von wrkmq am 16.03.18 16:45:06

Hallo, ich war beim letzten run dabei und hatte auf das Joint Venture mit Areva gesetzt. Das jetzige Kursniveau ist für mich als Einstieg nicht interessant. Lightbridge hat zwar eine Menge cash, aber laut conference call in etwa 6 Mio laufende Kosten und 10-12 Mio gehen für das JV in 2018 drauf. Da kommt noch mehr dilution...

Ich schau mir die Aktie im Sommer an. Nächster Katalysator sind mögliche öffentliche Fördergelder ("later this year").

Bis dahin sehe ich momentan keine großen Sprünge. Es geht vermutlich eher Richtung $1 und darunter. Nur meine persönliche Meinung...

[wrkmq]

Moin, moin,

habe Lightbridge schon länger auf der Watchlist und muß sagen, dass ich vom "Year-End Business Update" doch etwas enttäuscht bin. Derzeit fällt die Aktie ja wie ein Messer. Aus meiner Sicht auch nicht ohne Grund, da die ja zwischen den Zeilen gesagt haben, dass bis 2020 nichts wesentliches passieren wird. Sicherlich arbeiten die fleissig weiter, aber der wesentliche Meilenstein "first cash contribution" halt erst 2020 erfolgen könnte.

Meine Frage an euch: Seht ihr hier anderes News-Potential, damit der Kurs wieder steigt?! Aus meiner Sicht wird er wieder auf die 1CAD abfallen; mit weiteren PPs sogar nocht tiefer. Sicherlich haben die eine tolle Storry; aber Phantasie reicht IMHO nicht mehr; Fakten fehlen.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.286.075 von Popeye82 am 15.03.18 11:18:17

- MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Am 06.02.2017 veröffentlicht
Fusion energy and MIT's pathway for accelerated demonstration with high-magnetic field tokamaks

An introduction to the key concepts of producing clean, safe, and carbon-free electricity from magnetic fusion energy. This talk reviews the present state of fusion energy research and then introduce MIT's proposed pathway to use high-field superconducting magnets to achieve fusion energy at smaller unit size, at lower cost, and on a timescale relevant to climate change. -

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.217.999 von Popeye82 am 08.03.18 03:03:48

M.E. sollte man den Jungs Jetzt mal "bisschen Zeit und Luft geben", um das Zeug in Norwegen (weiter)zu testen.
Und dann mal sehen Was das Framatome Abkommen als konkrete Weitere Schritte bedeutet.
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http://ir.ltbridge.com/news-releases/news-release-details/li…
"Lightbridge Provides Year-End Business Update and Outlines Upcoming Milestones for Enfission Joint Venture
Reports current cash balance of approximately $27 million to accelerate commercialization efforts and fund R&D activities well into 2019

RESTON, Va., March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation(NASDAQ:LTBR), a nuclear fuel technology company, today provided a business update, including upcoming milestones for Enfission LLC, its joint venture with Framatome, Inc., a leader in designing, building, servicing, and fueling today's reactor fleet and advancing nuclear energy. The Company also reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Seth Grae, President & Chief Executive Officer of Lightbridge Corporation, commented, “In 2017 we laid the foundation for what would become the most pivotal event in our corporate history. In January of this year we announced the launch of Enfission, our 50-50 joint venture with Framatome, to develop, license and sell nuclear fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge-designed metallic fuel technology and other advanced nuclear fuel intellectual property. I am pleased to report that with Framatome we are making rapid progress since the formation of Enfission. Specifically, we are working on developing a regulatory licensing plan for lead test assemblies and we expect to present this plan to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) later this year. We are also developing analytical models for our metallic fuel technology that can be used for reactor analysis and regulatory licensing. Our goal is to commence metallic fuel sample fabrication for irradiation in a test reactor in 2020. We continue to receive valuable feedback on our fuel technology development plan through our Nuclear Utility Fuel Advisory Board, which is comprised of four leading U.S. nuclear utilities. We expect Enfission to enter into a lead test rod and/or lead test assembly agreement with at least one of these four companies in 2019-2020, which could result in our first fuel-related cash contributions from a utility customer.”

“We continue to expand our intellectual property protection. In January, we received a Notice of Allowance in the U.S. that extends Lightbridge's patent portfolio coverage to an entire metallic fuel assembly design for Western-type pressurized water reactors, which comprise two-thirds all power reactors in operation worldwide. Our metallic fuel designs can also be adapted for use in nearly all other power reactors around the world. We were also awarded key patents in Europe and China related to our innovative metallic fuel design, which extend through 2034. With dozens of patents issued and pending around the world, we have assembled a strong intellectual property portfolio that, through Enfission, we plan to leverage into commercial arrangements.”

“There is growing governmental support for nuclear energy in the U.S. and around the world. Nearly all the nuclear power plants in the U.S. have received license renewals to allow operations to 60 years, and the first applicants for subsequent license renewals to extend reactor operations to 80 years have announced plans to begin the process with the NRC this year. Importantly, the White House has placed nuclear energy at the forefront of its energy agenda, including new programs to boost nuclear power research and development. Importantly, our nuclear fuel designs are attracting attention at BOTH the commercial and governmental levels, given that our technology holds significant promise to enhance reactor safety, improve nuclear power plants’ economics through increased power output and longer fuel cycles, improve proliferation resistance of spent fuel so bombs can’t be made from nuclear waste, and reduce the amount of waste per unit of electricity generated.”

“Since the end of 2017, we have significantly enhanced our balance sheet, including a recent capital raise with European family offices, strategic and accredited American and European investors. As a result, our balance sheet is stronger than any time in our corporate history and we now have approximately $27 million of cash on hand as of today, which we expect will help significantly accelerate our commercial efforts.”

Balance Sheet Overview

At December 31, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $4.5 million, as compared to approximately $3.6 million at December 31, 2016. The $0.9 million increase in cash and cash equivalents resulted from the sale of approximately $6.0 million of common stock during the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, partially offset by net cash used in operating activities of approximately $5.0 million and cash used in investing activities of approximately $0.2 million. The Company used cash during the 12 months ended December 31, 2017 primarily to fund general and administrative expenses and for research and development. The Company had approximately $3.6 million in working capital at December 31, 2017 as compared to working capital of approximately $3.4 million at December 31, 2016. Stockholders' equity at December 31, 2017 was approximately $5.8 million compared to stockholders’ equity of approximately $5.6 million at December 31, 2016.

Operating Results – Year End of Fiscal 2017 Compared to Year End of Fiscal 2016
For the year ended December 31, 2017, Lightbridge’s net loss available to common shareholders was approximately $7.4 million, or a loss of $0.71 per share, on revenue of $0.2 million. Lightbridge focused its efforts on forming the joint venture with Framatome, which included Framatome’s due diligence work on our nuclear fuel before entering into the Enfission joint venture. In the same period of 2016, the net loss available to common shareholders was $7 million, or loss per share of $1.48 per share, on revenue of $0.8 million. All revenue was generated from consulting services. Stock-based compensation expense was $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company’s cash flows used in operating activities were $5.0 million versus $6.0 million used in operating activities for the same period of 2016. The decrease in cash used in operating activities in 2017 of $1.0 million was primarily due to the decrease in revenue and operating expenses and the change in working capital items.

2017 Year End Conference Call

Lightbridge will host a conference call on Friday, March 16th at 10:00 a.m. US Eastern Time to discuss the company's financial results for the year ending December 31, 2017, as well as the Company's corporate progress and other meaningful developments.

Interested parties can access the conference call by calling 877-407-0778 for U.S. callers, or [phone] for international callers. The call will be available on the Company’s website via webcast at http://ir.ltbridge.com/events.cfm. The conference call will be led by Seth Grae, President and Chief Executive Officer and other Lightbridge executives will also be available to answer questions. Questions may also be submitted in writing before or during the conference call to [e-mail].

A webcast will also be archived on the Company’s website and a telephone replay of the call will be available approximately one hour following the call, through midnight April 16, 2018, and can be accessed by calling: 877-481-4010 (U.S. callers) or [phone] (international callers) and entering conference ID: 26581.

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.

To receive Lightbridge Corporation updates via e-mail, subscribe at http://ir.ltbridge.com/alerts.cfm.

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[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.285.409 von Popeye82 am 15.03.18 10:25:41

[Popeye82]

http://www.mining.com/fusion-power-using-superconducting-mag…
http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-newly-formed-company-launch-nov…
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/03/09/new-approach-f…
http://news.mit.edu/2018/new-era-fusion-research-mit-eni-030…

https://www.cfs.energy/

" Visualization of the proposed SPARC tokamak experiment. Using high-field magnets built with newly available high-temperature superconductors, this experiment would be the first controlled fusion plasma to produce net energy output. Visualization by Ken Filar, PSFC research affiliate. MIT.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems have partnered to advance a new generation of fusion experiments and power plants based on advances in high-temperature superconductors, which could help achieve the long-sought goal of producing fusion power.

In a press release, the scientists and funders involved in the project define fusion power as a potentially "inexhaustible and zero-carbon source of energy."

Fusion is the process that fuels the sun and the stars. It involves light elements, such as hydrogen, smashing together to form heavier elements, such as helium — and the release of prodigious amounts of energy while these collisions occur.

The process produces net energy only at extreme temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, too hot for any solid material to withstand. According to the MIT, to get around that, fusion researchers use magnetic fields to hold in place hot plasma and to keep it from coming into contact with any part of the donut-shaped chamber where it is placed.

Based on this, now the scientists want to develop the world’s most powerful large-bore superconducting electromagnets, which are the key components that will enable construction of a much more compact version of a fusion device known as a tokamak. The magnets, supported by a superconducting material that has only recently become available commercially, will produce a magnetic field four times as strong as that employed in any existing fusion experiment, enabling a more than tenfold increase in the power produced by a tokamak of a given size. The idea is to make it capable of generating 100 million watts of fusion power.

While it will not turn that heat into electricity, it will produce, in pulses of about 10 seconds, as much power as is used by a small city. That output would be more than twice the power used to heat the plasma, which would lead to positive net energy from fusion.

If the plan works out, it would establish that a new power plant of about twice the diameter of this prototype would be capable of producing commercially viable net power output and could go ahead toward final design and construction. Such a plant would become the world’s first true fusion power plant, with a capacity of 200 MW of electricity, comparable to that of most modern commercial electric power plants.

"If widely disseminated, such fusion power plants could meet a substantial fraction of the world’s growing energy needs while drastically curbing the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing global climate change," the media statement reads."

[Popeye82]

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[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.230.095 von Milian16 am 09.03.18 01:24:12

Aber man soll ja nur in das investieren was man auch versteht. Von daher kommt Lightbridge für mich wohl nicht in Frage.
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Wenn Das so ist arbeite den EnWave Thread vielleicht mal ein bisschen durch.
Der Medimod macht da m.M. gute Arbeit.

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 57.230.095 von Milian16 am 09.03.18 01:24:12

mach einfach Wie Du willst.
dass Du sagst weil "ichs nicht verstehe lasse ichs lieber" finde ich gut.
du hast m.E. ganz guten Instinkt/Bauchgefühl. sowas ist auch ganz wichtig.
kaaaaann sein dass Das mit den -gelesenen- Büchern auch total überschätzt ist; Wie gesagt nicht gezählt; aber 1.000 ist auch nicht sooooo Viel.
zum -baby rettenden(?)- Doktor kommt von Mir wahrscheinlich noch Was.