There has been a missing cross-connection between nuclear and electromagnetic theories at the nanoscale which has hobbled the understanding for LENR. For instance, many observers on vortex have been under the false impression that the Casimir force is much weaker than nuclear. which is not necessarily true, especially at elevated temperatures.
New findings suggest that there is a near equivalence between the Casimir electrodynamic force and weak nuclear interactions. The paper in question: Ninham, B.W. et al "Casimir Forces in a Plasma: Possible Connections to Yukawa Potentials" http://www.epj.org/images/stories/news/2014/10.1140--epjd--e2014-50484-8.pdf At small distances the formulae are approaching equivalence to the effect of the force of an electron-positron plasma in the space between the interacting ideal plates, according to the study. Thus the dynamic Casimir force can be weakened or accentuated by a plasma. In this context, the mesons of the nuclear interaction theory become plasmons, which are collective excitations in the sea of electron-positron pairs in the vacuum. This ties in directly to the effect of SPP on Casimir cavities. As mentioned in recent postings on the Rossi "dog-bone" reactor, which is made of sintered alumina (which is a fabulous repository of dielectric Casimir cavities): a viable explanation for gain involves SPP pumping of hydrogen captured in ceramic Casimir cavities. If the conclusions suggested in this paper proves correct, the implications are profound for many scientific areas ranging from electrochemistry to nanotechnology . not to mention that the prime candidate for thermal gain in LENR - which is NOT the authors' concern here (never mentioned), probably shifts away from a nuclear explanation to the DCE, or Dynamical Casimir Effect. Jones
