I'm generally thinking that, if the glowing ( and melting?) object in the photo is the reactor, then whatever "hidden" wires are feeding it would tend to be glowing and smoking, too. Just bein' heuristic, here. There's a reason why we have electrical codes and wire gauges - so your house doesn't burn down.
And since it involves Scandinavian Scientists, it means Cold Fusion is an international conspiracy. Wow! Who knew?