You misunderstand. The purpose of the radioactive "seed" emitter in this scenario is NOT to produce power, per se.
It is to alter the QM probability field. The result is many orders of magnitude enhancement. QM fusion is all about probability enhancement. It sounds illogical - like magic, but there are positive experiments for this, yet the underlying logic is difficult to present. I am trying to write up a decent description of it, but for now the Wiki entry for "propagator" is the best thing which can be offered. Take another look at Rusi's sonofusion experiment - where with ultrasound alone there can be a few neutrons per second, or with the isotope seed and no ultrasound there can be a few per second, but with both together there are thousands. The Letts/Cravens effect with laser irradiation may or may not be in this same category. The bottom line is that there is a tiny stimulus, and usually it is photonic, but the result is massive. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] >Admittedly not a great fit, as catalysts go - but is it close enough for >government contracting ? One problem is that each alpha particle would at most produce two photons, and each photon at most 1 fusion reaction, so your power output is limited to at most two fusion reactions per alpha particle. That means that since a fusion reaction and an alpha particle each represent about 5 MeV, that about 1/3 of your output power has to be supplied by alpha particles, and that's assuming the best possible conditions, which in itself is extremely unlikely. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
