What are the neutron energies?
If the deuterons only interact with the crystal, what is fusing?
Could the neutrons just be scattered out of the crystal by the impinging deuterons?
If this works, it's still hot fusion (just on a small scale.)
How much energy is needed to accelerate the deuterons?
How is the output energy to be captured?
I had the same kind of thought. Just because you're getting neutrons doesn't necessarily indicate fusion. I browsed the post, but weren't they talking about energies in the .2 MeV range? Also, what kind of flux are we looking at? Is it enough to activate stuff or not? Inquiring minds want to know.
Agreed... The mere release of neutrons doesn't mean that true nuclear fusion is occuring. True fusion has more criteria to be met, mainly that nuclei are actually fusing together and violently releasing energy. The energy released is the tell tale sign, not the mere presence of neutrons.
I haven't read their paper yet but this is slightly reminiscient of the 'cold fusion' fiasco in Utah.