I described this as a "replication," but as you see in my brief report, it should be called a "verification." Mizuno provided both the reactor and the mesh. Still, Saito and his students made the calorimeter and confirmed the excess heat. This is a step forward. Other efforts to replicate have not worked yet, which is discouraging. Apparently, the experiment is more difficult than we thought. With this verification, I think we can just about rule out an error in calorimetry. We can be more confident the effect is real.
I think Saito et al. intend to do a more independent replication in the near future.
