On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if any of the other components of stainless steel might facilitate > the reaction....
Dunno. But the SS "pit" could contain any radioactivity from isotopes. This could allow Rossi to say that the ECat is not radioactive because it is all contained in the pit. There is lead shielding. And there was that anomalous pulse during startup in the January test. Maybe the reactor initiates with a pulse of ionizing energy but "calms" down as heat is removed. T
