** Shares of nuclear fuel technology firm Lightbridge LTBR.O rise 6.7% and nuclear fuel recycling company Oklo OKLO.N jump 4.4%, respectively, premarket
** Companies sign agreement to conduct a feasibility study for the co-location of Lightbridge's commercial-scale fuel fabrication facility
** A Fuel fabrication facility is where enriched uranium is processed and converted into the fuel rods used in nuclear reactors
** Companies to also explore opportunities for collaboration in recycling nuclear waste
** In 2024, OKLO and LTBR rose 88.5% and 53.6%, respectively
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))
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