In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:05:59 -0400: Hi, [snip] >To use a chemical analogy Ni62 is "inert". It is not prone to change >through fusion or fission. >Perhaps this is the ideal context for getting other nuclei to change. > >harry IMO Rossi only concentrates on 62Ni because there is more of it in natural Ni that 64Ni, and because fusion with a proton results in 63Cu which is stable. Since it produces a stable isotope he can then claim that his reactor doesn't produce radioactive isotopes.
In short, you need to consider his motivations when studying his claims. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
