If there is no neutrons, there will be no tritium. Pure *protium* will poduce no tritium.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> A laptop nowadays draws 50 to 100 W. I assume future ones will draw ~25 >>> W. Imagine a small but intense 50 W heat source powering a >>> >> > >> thermoelectric chip, with a large radiator behind that to spread out the >>> heat. That would be doable I think. >>> >> >> While I'm sympathetic with the direction of these predictions, they >> assume that high power densities can be obtained without the need for thick >> radiation shielding. >> > > Yes! They sure do assume that. So far, there has been practically no > evidence that cold fusion produces dangerous radiation. It may produce > tritium, but overall I expect it will probably produce less nuclear waste > than today's coal fired plants. Granted, coal put radioactive garbage > mainly in places close to the plants, which are located in poor, rural > districts. Whereas a cold fusion engine may leak tritium in your house. > > Tritium can be contained. It is contained in tritium-powered "exit" signs. > > - Jed > >
