In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:26:43 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The LENR reaction may be caused by a long range effect that manifests >inside or around the nuclear active environment. > >All isotopes of nickel who have a spin = 0 are beta decay stable, and those >that have a spin <> 0 will beta decay.
61Ni does not have spin 0, but cannot beta decay because all its beta decay reactions consume energy. Hence it is a stable isotope. (BTW it also cannot alpha decay for the same reason.) [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
