Horace, I considered this point (no neutron chain reaction nor obvious substitute) but am convinced that there is no need for the kind of chain reaction we are familiar with in fission. If you understand subcritical neutron multiplication, you will see that massive gain is possible without true chain reaction dynamics.
Obviously, my theory for gain is not the same as yours, although there is some similarity. In this hypothesis, which borrows from Mills but is very different, and also from Robin's version of Mills - there is dense hydrogen accumulation via Mills' catalysis - not unlike the Holmlid/Miley model, and protons reside on a dielectric surface, ala Lawandy. Even with maximum pitting (Casimir pits) the IRH is too transitory, without cryogenics. Cryogenics is one major limitation for weaponization (thankfully). Precision is another. Without cryogenics to quench during the IRH accumulation stage, and the occasional cosmic ray - you would likely have a Rossi-type of reaction that cannot go far beyond the meltdowns he claims to have seen. Mirror electrons in the dielectric keep the protons close to each other. They can be degenerate or deflated. There is no primary fusion nor fission. Gain comes from non-quark nuclear boson depletion, is instigated by strong force attraction, followed by Coulomb repulsion - and depends on quark statistics. Gain is in the range of tens to hundreds of keV per proton. There are secondary nuclear reactions but most of the energy gain is from accelerated protons. The leap of faith is that net proton mass is an average, not quantized like quark mass, and can vary a fractional percent. Of course, some of the mass variation is convertible to energy when the strong force is pitted against Coulomb repulsion. The suggested P-e-P reaction is absurd except under solar conditions - and is discarded in place of strong force attraction, followed by energetic repulsion when the two cannot bind. In a weapon, a surrounding ballotechnic (nano-thermite??) would be needed to implode a target with great spherical precision, so that a uniform statistical "first wave" is instigated. This would be followed by the functional equivalent of (slowly decreasing waves) of neutron multiplication in a subcritical reactor This result depends on rapid timing and high initial energy density in the surround. The required level of precision would be another limitation for terrorist groups, since none of them would likely put up the millions needed for tooling - not to mention many years of development. Rossi or DGT may change that situation. Jones -----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner It seems to me that LENR cannot be weaponized. The stuff that permits chain reactions accumulates slowly, if it even exists at all. This permits cosmic rays to limit the accumulation.
