Here is a comment from Rossi's blog. This seems to indicate there was only enough Ni to run for about a month. I am not sure what it means. See the word "charge."
- Jed Rodney Nicholson <http://na/> October 8th, 2014 at 5:05 PM <http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=829&cpage=7#comment-1008507> Dear Mr. Rossi: Many questions have been answered in the paper. But more arise: 1) Was it originally intended that the paper be released on sifferkoll? Or might this be some kind of unintentional leak? And if it was unintended, from what you know is the information contained in the report accurate? 2) It seems that in the ITP test the content of 58Ni was reduced almost to zero after one month of operation. That leads to a conclusion that maybe some route of conversion of 58Ni to 62Ni may be a significant source of the energy relaeased. But if the E-cat can function for as much as six times longer than the 32 days of the ITP test, then that cannot be right because there would not be any 58Ni available for the next five months. 3) I had previously thought I had understood that hydrogen was supplied in gaseous form under pressure. But I do not see mention of that in the paper. It seems that it is available only in the form of AlLiH4. Is that correct? Please feel free to modify, or completely erase, any of the above questions if you feel discussion of them might not be helpful. Again, wonderful (positive?!) news. Congratulations. Rodney Nicholson. Andrea Rossi October 8th, 2014 at 11:57 PM <http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=829&cpage=7#comment-1008645> Rodney Nicholson: 1- I do not know why the Professors of the ITP decided that way to publish. They, as I always said, are totally independent from us. If they did so, means they had a reason for it. The report has been written by them, obviously; today I have contacted their spokesman, who confirmed that the report published is the original version, uncut; the version that will be published in a scientific magazine will have to be reduced within 15 pages. They told me it was necessary a publication with all the 54 pages, because every page has a specific importance. 2- the charge had been made for a 35 days test. This is the test duration agreed upon when the experiment has been started 3- I cannot enter in this particular Thank you for your attention, Warm Regards, A.R.
