Taking the report at face value, the hotcat displays several of the "standard" LENR miracles ..
Some evidence of nuclear reactions (though incomplete and a tiny sample: Li, Ni -- but no H, He ... examined) No radiation outside an alumina cylinder (though there may be a steel tube inside) No radiation from the ash All happening well below hot fusion levels (coulomb barrier etc) With a surface temperature of 1420C the inside MUST be hotter. But let's stick with 1420. (Non) melting miracle : ALL of the components are likely to melt (or at last malfunction) at this temperature The nickel powder The heating wires The control thermocouple itself! A reader who didn't post it himself, and may wish to remain anonymous, commented in a direct email: Something that no one seems to have mentioned is that the control thermocouple in the reactor is type K (figures 2 and 4 of the Lugano report). This type has a calibrated upper temperature limit of ~1250 C (though wikipedia says probes are available to 1350 C). Chromel melts at around 1420 C. This seems to make type K a poor choice if you expect to operate at temperatures around 1400 C and particularly if the reactor may melt down if not properly controlled. So either the temperature measurement is wrong, or we have another miracle, that seems to take place within the entire interior of the hotcat.
