[changing the subject line to better match the content] Eric
* Again, we cannot assume that active gamma suppression is something that can be disentangled from LENR, although perhaps it can. Hmm… let’s assume this is true … and that LENR is shown to nor only produce gammas, but also to absorb them in situ very efficiently … explaining why they are not seen. Guess what – this might present a most interesting scenario in that a small subcritical reactor, driven by a so-called tabletop accelerator - one with a high multiplication ratio, could be shielded on all sides by half a dozen of these LENR reactors, designed to be as planar as possible … which also provide the startup current for the accelerator. Don’t laugh. For one thing, this would permit most of the heat to come from fission, so that the LENR reactors would not need to be as reliable or robust, if their main function was mainly to absorb gammas. Even a low COP might suffice. Heck even COP below one might suffice with batteries for startup. Plus there could be synergy in that absorbing gammas might make the LENR more reliable. Closer to Sci-Fi than Sci … but we cannot rule it out … stranger things have happened. Jones
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