What is Widom-Larsen? Here is brief summary from Discover Magazine Larsen considered other nuclear reactions that could subtly produce energy. One candidate was radioactive decay, which occurs when unstable atomic nuclei release energy in the form of …
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Cold Fusion / LENR / LANR: Not Dead Yet
At the American Nuclear Society national meeting in San Diego, there will be a panel discussion on LENR, on November 14, from 08:30 to noon.”Cold Fusion” is far from dead. A number of websites keep close watch on progress in the LENR field,…
Cold Fusion LENR Update
While there has been no apparent earth-shaking movement on the LENR front, David Hambling offers a recent LENR update in Wired.co.uk:NasaNasa has started giving very mixed signals on cold fusion. After years of silence on the issue, a piece appeared on…
NASA’s Joe Zawodny cites Widom Larsen Theory for LENR
… I personally find sufficient demonstration that LENR effects warrant further investigation…The fact that Widom-Larsen Theory (WLT) was not explicitly mentioned in the video fit the intended audience. It is not an indication that I no longer belie…
Managing Nuclear Waste thru Transmutation and More . . .
Neutron Captures… WikipediaA first-of-a-kind reactor system has been set up in Belgium by coupling a subcritical assembly with a particle accelerator. The work is a major step in a program to research advanced waste management.The equipment, known as…
National Instruments’ Stefano Concezzi Talks About Fusion
Energy from Fusion Video from NIWeek 2011 Featuring Stefano ConcezziPhysicist Stefano Concezzi, of National Instruments’ “Big Physics,” is a big promoter of energy from fusion. In a short news release from November 2011, Concezzi explains how National…
Wired.co.uk Tries to Drum Up Excitement Over Cold Fusion
It has been over 2 months since Andrea Rossi’s disputed demonstration of his 1 MW E-Cat reactor in Bologna. Since that time he has been taking orders and putting people on waiting lists for the 1 MW hot water reactor, and making plans for smaller hot …
Multiple Viewpoints on LENR and Cold Fusion
Brian Westenhaus has an interesting look at recent developments in LENR / Cold Fusion. Brian links to two posts at Next Big Future (here and here) where one can find Brian Ahern’s presentation slides on his proposed mechanism for the LENR effect. One…
Call for a US National Research Program to Study Cold Fusion / LENR
The Vice Chancellor for Research of the University of Missouri is calling for an intensive national effort to define the science behind “cold fusion,” or the “low energy nuclear reaction” phenomenon. Chancellor Duncan’s call joins that of NASA’s Denni…
Did Andrea Rossi Jump the Gun with His 1 MW E-Cat LENR?
New information from fusion physicist George Miley (Vortex via EcatSite and Ecatnews.net) helps to clarify a few matters regarding recent developments in LENR research.Professor Miley and his students are proceeding with their own line of research into…
E-Cat: If Real, "It Would Be a Sacrilege to Keep it Hidden"
According to the Italian science magazine nextme.it:…before I praise or reject cold fusion, you must know its operation in detail. And when it does not seem possible, and that’s what, to some extent, increases the doubts of scientists and experts. …
Rossi Claims to Have Sold More Than 2 E-Cat LENR 1 MW Plants
Important Note: This posting originally referred to a “100 MW E-Cat plant.” As was pointed out by a commenter, Rossi has not gone beyond the 1 MW size for his E-Cat. Al Fin energy analysts are accustomed to dealing with much larger sizes of power pl…
Breathless in Bologna: Waiting for E-Cat
Final Update 2100 EDT: This “after-test” report contains a lot of details about the events surrounding today’s test, including videos. File download of test report from Rossi Another report on the happenings in Bologna today from Mats Lewan. The c…
Fusion Researcher Dr. George Miley Appears to Support Rossi’s LENR Approach
Video streaming by UstreamCold Fusion video via Boots and OilDr. George Miley, cold fusion researcher and affiliate professor at the University of Illinois, is one of the participants in the ACS conference symposium on cold fusion video above. Dr….
E-Cat: A Barrel of Oil’s Worth of Energy for the Cost of 1 Penny?
ColdFusionNow_via_ECatNews.netAll systems are apparently “go” for the 28 October 2011 Bologna testing of Andrea Rossi’s 1 MW E-Cat LENR reactor. Rossi says that after this upcoming test, all future tests will be closed to the public.Meanwhile, yet ano…