On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote:
Peter, a magnetic field has not been discovered. A claim has been made > without any evidence or even a logical explanation. The claimed high > intensity of a magnetic field is impossible under the circumstance. > Therefore the reading on the gauss meter was misinterpreted. Until this > issue is resolved, all discussion is pointless and a waste of time. The > time out is necessary for this obvious error to be explained and corrected. > My sentiments are similar, except that I don't have as strong an opinion about the impossibility of a field of that strength. There is one reason, unfortunately, for claiming a large magnetic field -- to provide an explanation for the thick shielding around the reactor that differs from the straightforward and obvious one. (I wish I had heard firsthand the statement about the shielding protecting electronics from the magnetic field; without having done so, I'm not sure exactly what the claim was.) Eric
