The "Calutron" in the pic is basically a mass spectrometer on steroids -
...originally designed for enriching the uranium to make the first bomb. The massive magnetic coils were made out of many, many tons of pure silver ! ...that's because during the War years when they were built, copper was needed for munitions and in short supply. And the silver bullion was essentially "free." Yep - all those tons of pure silver are still "on loan" from Ft. Knox, but they have become too activated to send back... and in the event they make Ni-62 for LENR, they become the taxpayers contribution to the effort. bobcook39923 wrote: Well what do you know Joe? It suggests they are looking for butter for their bread at ORNL. Bob Cook From: Jones Beene Ni-62 is available once again, claimed to be useful for nuclear transmutation into copper... ... as well as for salting a reactor... ORNL's enriching isotopes again | | | | | | | | | | | ORNL's enriching isotopes again Carolyn Krause/Special to The Oak Ridger Oak Ridge National Laboratory will once again be producing an array of nearly pure, stable, nonradioactive isoto... | | |
