Underwhelming, so far. One detail skeptics will likely hit on is seen in the Google translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://22passi.blogspot.com/2011/01/bolognia-14111-cronaca-test-fusione_14.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522focardi%2522%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Dqdr:w%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1 ... where internal temperature is said to be 1500 C. and that is under pressure. Let's hope it is merely a poor translation. Expensive Inconel reactors are rated to 800 C. and the best available "time-dependent stress intensity values for a high temperature reactor material with long-term safety against rupture is shown to be about 950°C... and the photo indicates that Rossi is already skimping on the budget.... Go figure. Maybe this is indicative of why he has suffered two major lab fires, and that it had nothing to do with no wanting to report the failed prior work. Jones
