-----Original Message----- From: Brad Lowe http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=853&cpage=12#comment-992087
Quoting Rossi: "We think that our process, the so called “Rossi Effect”, is, as a serendipity, also a system to produce 62Ni, because only this fact can explain the formation of atoms of stable Cu ... ** but ... catch 22... no copper is seen in either the SIMS or the ICP-MS in this paper, and transmuting 58Ni all the way to 62Ni would be far more energetic anyway - if it could happen without a mélange of intermediate precursors which are absent .... so transmuting 58Ni to get to stable copper is kind of a joke. No mention of lithium in August, even though - at only .01 grams out of 1 g total fuel, or one percent of all fuel atoms, the lithium count in the ash is 4 times more than all other atoms combined and it has almost all transmuted (apparently) - when in fact, the lithium is expected to have left the system after 30+ days. Instead, we find a factor of about 400 times more 6Li than expected, yet too months ago, the inventor appears not to have a clue about this being a part of the gain. Recent press release of interest: http://www.y12.doe.gov/global-security/lithium-based-technologies "The Y‑12 National Security Complex supplies lithium, in unclassified forms, to customers worldwide through the DOE Office of Science, Isotope Business Office. Historically, the typical order of 6Li was only gram quantities used in research and development. However, over the past three years demand has increased steadily with typical orders of around 10–20 kg each. Such increase in demand is a direct result of the use of 6Li in neutron detectors"
