** Uranium Energy's shares UEC.A rise 3.45% to $6.38
** The uranium miner announces a memorandum of understanding
with Bill Gates backed-TerraPower to explore potential supply of
uranium for TerraPower's Natrium reactor and energy storage
system
** Natrium project would be a commercial scale plant,
expected to begin operations within a decade
** Project's advanced reactors utilizes high assay low
enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which is enriched up to 20%
uranium
** Including session's gains, stock has risen 64.43% YTD
(Reporting by Kabir Dweit)
((Kabir.Dweit@thomsonreuters.com))