Note 7. Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs, included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations amounted to approximately $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Research and development costs, amounted to approximately $0.6 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We are in process of winding down our Moscow office operations, that we expect to be completed in 2015 and will focus our research and development work primarily in the United States, Canada, and Norway. There were no accrued liabilities related to the winding down of our Moscow office at June 30, 2015.

On October 20, 2014, we announced the signing of an initial cooperation agreement with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (“CNL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, for fabrication and test reactor irradiation of Lightbridge’s patented next generation metallic nuclear fuel samples. Though we had initially planned for all of the work to take place at a single location in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, subsequent to our announcement the Canadian government made an official decision to extend the operating life of the National Research Universal reactor at Chalk River only until the end of March 2018. This shorter than expected operating life extension would not be able to accommodate all of our anticipated schedule for irradiation testing of our metallic fuel samples. Consequently, our plan is to work with CNL on fabrication of our fuel samples at their Chalk River facilities, with full irradiation of the fabricated fuel samples to be performed separately in a pressurized water loop of the Halden research reactor located in Halden, Norway. The operating license of the Halden research reactor has recently been renewed through 2020 which fits well with our anticipated irradiation testing schedule. Our current plan is to have post-irradiation examination of the irradiated fuel samples performed on the same site in Norway. There is also the opportunity to utilize additional nearby hot cell facilities located in Studsvik, Sweden that are operated by the Swedish company Studsvik AB.

We have consulting agreements with several consultants working on various projects for us, which total approximately $10,000 per month.