*I seem to remember that early on Rossi claimed a nuclear based origin to his reaction and that he put himself in real danger when he tried to look for the cause without lead shielding.*
* * *This may have been before the time he perfected his nickel micro-powder.* * * *Rossi has devoted himself for a number of years now in an attempt to tame his reactor; to make it safe for home use. * * * *It is the nickel micro-powder that thermalizes the gamma rays in the Rossi and DGT reactors.* * * *I bet that when DFT tried to burn glass, they received a burst of gamma rays. * * * *The Rossi reaction is a complex one and if an important component of that process is not in place, bad things will happen.* * * * * On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *From the PieEconomics web site as follows:* >>> >> > > >> *"Hundreds of wave trains and vortices appeared everywhere and are >>> permanently burned into walls, objects and trees surrounding the lab." [See >>> Krivit's second link, above.] Well, according to Google maps (25 Jesse >>> Daniel DR, Buxton, ME) the Buxton Vehicle Registration is located about >>> five hundred feet from the lab, so I hope none of the people getting their >>> cars registered got irradiated when the desktop supernova occurred.* >>> >> >> This is BS. Here is the original blog post: >> >> http://pieeconomics.blogspot.com/p/cold-fusion-comedy.html >> >> > >> Here is the actual press release: >> >> >> http://www.1888pressrelease.com/nanospire-inc-successfully-harnesses-cavitation-zero-point-pr-372884.html >> >> Looks like Mr. Zweig has taken some liberties with the truth. >> > > I am not sure who said what here. The quote about walls, objects and trees > does appear to be an exaggeration. Fer sure. But that press release has > some alarming stuff in it: > > "The radiation emitted by the reactor left nuclear tracks, burned the hole > pattern of the core into the clear PVC core enclosure, activated high > neutron absorption cross-section 39Cl (56 minute half-life) in the chlorine > of the PVC core enclosure and transmuted the water in the reactor into > nearly all the other elements. The experiment also accidentally resulted in > acute radiation sickness beginning the day after the August 25, 2009 > experiments for both investigators Mark LeClair and Sergio Lebid and lasted > for more than a year." > > Acute radiation sickness?!? Are they sure about that? Who diagnosed it? I > suppose if someone showed up at the hospital with symptoms of acute > radiation exposure, there would be an investigation and something in the > mainstream news. Google finds news of this only in blogs. > > If I were seriously ill for a year I would not continue with the project. > Not in the same lab. I would hope to move the thing to a national lab or > somewhere similar, with proper safety. > > Note that this report says the transmutations were confirmed by a number > of people including Ed Storms. > > - Jed > >
