HLV: "The stimulated decay of 64Ni should be accompanied by neutrons and/or radioactivity. If it decayed directly to 62Ni this would generate detectable neutrons and other radioactive isotopes. On the other hand if 64Ni decayed to 62Ni by first decaying to 63Ni, then 63Ni should be detectable since it has a half-life of about 100 years.
Harry I see that another older, possible slant on the identity of the gainful reaction of 64Ni is still online, which is the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect. This goes back 6 years! http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/06/cold-fusion-and-blacklight-power.html The OP mechanism gives the effect of neutron absorption in nickel without the need of free neutrons. Thus, secondary activation is not a problem. The main problem with the OP hypothesis is that it limits the gainful reaction to the one nickel isotope (64) in combination with deuterium - so why does it not happen with the other nickel isotopes? Does the 64Ni nucleus possess enough of a shielded positive charge at the near-field, due to the extra neutrons? That would allow only the heavy nickel to participate in stripping, but it is a stretch. And here is a further stretch. The OP effect depends on deuterium and ostensibly does not involve hydrogen, and there is simply not enough natural deuterium available - unless.that is. the OP effect also works with "virtual deuterium" which would be pretty good description of the UDD molecule. But that is adding another miracle into the mix :-) Hey. why not?... we're getting close to Easter.
