page 44... Figure 3. SEI showing the areas where EDS analysis where performed on the different fuel particles (a), EDS spectrum from the three different type of particles found in the fuel material; particle 1 (b), particle 2 (c) and particle 3 (d).
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > To get a valid overview of the entire transmutation process, the testers >> must look at a complete sample of the fuel, not just a few nickel >> particles. >> > > What makes you think this was not a complete sample, or not > representative? These are experts in mass spectroscopy so I assume they > know how to get a representative sample of material. They looked at the > full range of mass numbers so if there were anomalies in other elements > they would see them. > > > >> There could be other nuclear processes going on away from the nickel >> particles. >> > > They saw anomalies in nickel and lithium. If there were other anomalies in > other particles from the reactor why would they miss them? It is not > possible to collect and analyze particles of nickel only and not various > other particles that happen to be in the reactor. Particles are small. You > cannot collect one type of leave the others. > > > >> The testers have made an assumption that the reaction must be local to >> the nickel micro-particles. >> > > Again, if the reaction occurred in other particles why would they not see > them? > > - Jed > >
