Hello Jones, I'm glad to see the possibilities of cold thorium fission being explored.
As an technically unqualified scientific layman, I was one of the skeptics in months of debate on V-L in 1997 re the transmutation claims by the Cincinnati group -- you may not be surprised that the skeptics agreed that all the specific evidence claimed for transmutation did not withstand detailed critical assessments by some of the experts involved, as ICP/MS interpretations can easily go astray in many situations. Rich Murray On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the information George. > > As you know, there is little way to avoid "further speculation" in this > group, but I am going to try to abstain, as it is probably counterproductive > at this stage. > > Jones > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Holz > > Jones Beene wrote: > > [JB] There are some heavy hitters in DoE and the major Universities > > behind thorium as a replacement for uranium. But that is for use > > in an expensive breeding cycle which has most of the negatives > > of any fission scheme. > > [GH] The company behind the thorium + uranium cycle is Lightbridge. > > The improvements this fuel provides are very significant and solve > > many of the major problems with present reactors with just a change > > in the fuel rods. Read about the technology on their website. > > http://www.ltbridge.com/technologyservices/fueltechnology/designs > > [snip] > > [GH] At the risk of encouraging further speculation, here are some more > > details about the Cincinnati Group results. The device used zirconium > > electrodes and high current AC electrolysis resulting in both high > temperature (280 F) and significant pressure ( 4 atm.) inside the bolted > together mostly metal device. > > Extensive analysis work was done in several labs mostly by ICP/MS. The > > starting solution was thorium nitrate. The thorium was apparently > > transformed into titanium and copper with 10x as much titanium as copper. > The isotopic ratios of both elements were very far from normal. > > Much information is available in IE Vol. 3 No. 13 & No. 14 double issue > > 1997. > > George Holz > > Varitronics Systems
