From: Jeff Sutton > This is not the "proof" we wanted :)
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=149 32064#.Tr1zdcNFunA <http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=14 932064> This story involves the release of iodine-131, apparently alone (or else it could related to an accident at a specific source). Notably, Iodine-131 can potentially come from tellurium in a low energy nuclear reaction (with or without W-L theory). The release could be from mishandling spent fuel, or from an unreported accident (Iran and Israel come to mind as countries which would not report it) but the Rossi reactor is not ruled out. In fact, Rossi has a known history with tellurium and since only iodine is seen, it is a curious state of affiars. But, even though this is a possible scenario, and the catalyst in E-Cat could be tellurium, element 52, it is admittedly NOT likely - but nevertheless it should be mentioned, for the sake of future reference if nothing else. Tellurium was considered to be a good catalyst candidate early on, since it forms into 2D layers in a way that seems to mirror the dense hydrogen state - "pycno". "Topologically protected surface states" are the important 2D feature of bismuth telluride. Rossi's long history with bismuth telluride goes back to his years in New Hampshire with Leonardo, and the failed TEG project. In the presence of spillover hydrogen, 'topologically protected surface states' points towards a possible operative mechanism for the E-Cat device. Wiki has an entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_insulator A topological insulator is a material that behaves as a thermal insulator in its interior while permitting the movement of charges on its boundary. In fact bismuth-telluride conducts electricity like a metal but conducts heat poorly - like glass. The internal stress resulting for this contradictory set of physical properties on must be severe. This stress will create nano-cracking, cavity formation, and local pressurization. The material may allow spillover hydrogen to accumulate via mirror charges (Lawandy), and then further densify in nanocavities, which are more like surface nano-pits. Heat is retained deep in the pit but not at the surface, providing a high stress-interface. Tellurium's most stable isotope is 130 - and it is extremely 'neutron rich' so that the addition of a proton would be expected in result in unstable iodine 131. Jones
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