From: Bob Cook
There are nuclear events that occur without emission of gammas. The decay of Ni-59 is an example. What's different in Ni-59 with respect to most other radioactive decay? Bob - It is not gammas alone which are absent in LENR - but gammas and bremsstrahlung… which of course is lower energy - x-ray level and EUV but still measurable. In these posts - we do not always type in both words in every post - since the latter is so damn hard to spell, but when you have one MeV in excess energy - as does Ni-59, you should have measurable radiation and especially when the reactor is opened, it will be noticed due to the rather long half-life. However, of all the possible novel Ni-H reactions which could be proposed – a QM variation on this one would be a decent fit – as EC would be easier to hide. Substantial cobalt in the ash – instead of copper - would be proof. One could imagine a DDL of the H atom using its reduced electron orbital to tunnel into Ni-58, taking the nucleus to Ni-59 in an energy-deficient way if the spin problem can be dealt with, as if it were an energy-deficient neutron, and having only about 100-200 keV of excess energy which would almost fit the Rossi evidence if the half-life was reduced. The amount of cobalt which should be in the ash is predictable. Is it there?
