Why would you need tons to make a critical mass in a reactor? I suspect that it would be possible to use the approximately the same amount as required in the nuclear core if you wished to reduce it to the minimum.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 4:09 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]: Low Energy Neutrons and Local Temperature In a fission reactor, you need tons of Pu239 and/or U235 to make the reactor critical. Again in this case, all the bulk of the fiscal material is involved in the nuclear reaction; tons of it. This latest example is going in the wrong direction to support your case, from pounds of material to tons needed to go critical. Cheers: axil On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:38:42 -0400: Hi, You were arguing that neutron repulsion (which correlates with neutron density) was a hindrance to it being a possible cause of CF. I simply provided a well known and obvious example to the contrary. If you want a less "emotional" example, then consider a fission reactor. >This is a false comparison, an emotional one, and one that damages LENR. If >the common man compares LENR to nuclear fission or fusion, progress on the >PR front for LENR will go backward. > >A bomb uses more than 8 kilograms of material in a “pit” where the reaction >occurs throughout the entire bulk of the material. > >Most believe that LENR uses only the thin surface skin of 10 Grams of >micropowder only a few nanometers thick. > >This is because electrons do not penetrate the surface of the Lattice >because they travel in a strong alternating current. > >The volume of this surface materiel is minuscule. > >The percentage of the volume devoted to the NAE is some minuscule fraction >of this surface volume. > >Your comparison with a bomb is way off in terms of magnitude. > > >On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:37:04 -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip] >> >All the above does not apply to neutrons. Neutrons cannot be packed by the >> >zillions into a tiny space. >> >> Enough can be packed into a tiny space in a fission bomb to release a >> Megaton of >> energy in a fraction of a second. CF requires but a minuscule fraction of >> this >> power density. >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
