*Regarding:*
*“Cold Nuclear Fusion” at RASA* *http://coldfusionnow.org/cold-nuclear-fusion-at-rasa/ <http://coldfusionnow.org/cold-nuclear-fusion-at-rasa/>* *Any competent nuclear engineer knows that fusion is a very poor way to get nuclear binding energy out of the nucleus of light elements. At best, fusion provides only a few million electron volts (MeV) of nuclear energy compared to 200 MeV from the fission of heavy elements for each nuclear reaction.* *The operative principles of LENR functionality are solely topological and many metals will support this design paradigm.* *For example, fission of tungsten has been demonstrated by the high school reactor whose developers claim a COP of 4.* *Tungsten is an ideal LENR reactor material with a melting point of 3422 °C.* *High thermodynamic efficiency (80 to 90%) can be extracted from a tungsten based reactor heat cycle.* *http://www.periodictable.com/Elements/074/data.html <http://www.periodictable.com/Elements/074/data.html>* *Tungsten is paramagnetic which means that a good LENR metal must be magnetically insensitive either naturally or through the application of high heat at startup in excess of its curie point.* *Thorium is also a good host for the LENR reaction with a LENR profile similar to tungsten.* *http://periodictable.com/Elements/090/data.html <http://periodictable.com/Elements/090/data.html>* *It is likely that more fission energy can be extracted from thorium fission as compared to the fission energy produced by tungsten because thorium is substantially hoarier than tungsten whose larger nucleus is more prone to fission.* *Furthermore, LENR of thorium and uranium has been demonstrated in Nanoplasmonic experiments using both spark/exploding foil and laser light stimulation.* *The traditional nuclear engineering community has rejected fusion as a viable energy source because of its poor energy production profile.* *The poor energy production profile is the main reason why fusion is paid slight lip service by professional nuclear experts. Most of these experts direct the conversation to a fission/fusion hybrid end product if pressed to discuss fusion.* *And yet the conversation about LENR is focused on fusion exclusively. Anyone who talks fusion is doing a disservice to the proper development of LENR’s full potential. * *Without a doubt, the eventual winner in the long term LENR reactor wars destine to come will use tungsten and/or thorium as its nanoparticle host metal and boiling lithium in phase transition as its coolant; all done in an industrial and/or utility setting.* * Furthermore, I am pained to state as a realist, the home base LENR reactor is the idealist's dream. *
