Posted on 09/04/2016 12:33:41 PM PDT by Normandy
Thanks to Joseph J for posting about a report that has been published by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) titled Investigation of Nano-Nuclear Reactions in Condensed Matter. The report is written by Pamela Mosier-Boss of SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, Lawrence Forsely of JWK International and Patrick K. McDaniel of the University of New Mexico.
According to Wikipedia the DTRA is an agency within the United States Department of Defense and is the official Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives). DTRAs main functions are threat reduction, threat control, combat support, and technology development. The agency is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
It is not clear to me exactly when the report was written, but the final page of the document shows a form which shows when various approvals have been given. The most recent references listed in the report are from 2012, so it appears that it has been circulating within the agency for a few years prior to this release. This paper was given approval for public release on Jun 7 2016 by the Public Affairs department of the DTRA.
The report itself is very lengthy and from a cursory reading is an analysis of the scientific evidence for nuclear reactions occurring in the metal lattice in LENR systems. The report focuses on the palladium-deuterium systems which were introduced in 1989 by Pons and Fleischmann.
(Excerpt) Read more at e-catworld.com ...
Yeah, he’s an “expert” that has ZERO peer-reviewed articles in his field, his degree is in philosophy, and he’s been making grandiose claims since the 1970s on this kind of stuff and has delivered NOTHING. This guy isn’t showing me that he’s much of an expert on anything except mystifying rich people and taking their money.
Its hardly spam. But, I wouldn’t worry its probably over your head anyway.
In the 26 years since the ill-named, and ill-timed, announcement of cold fusion by Drs. Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons at the University of Utah critics have consistently raised five concerns: 1. Fusion neutron production isnt commensurate with observed heat 2. Lack of a theory 3. Counter to all thats known in nuclear physics 4. Irreproducibility 5. Lack of independent replication It can be argued that the phenomenon is neither cold nor fusion: but it is nuclear . Neutrons are not easily produced, nor, are they produced by purely chemical means. Hence, neutrons are the hallmark of nuclear reactions. Although neutron production isnt commensurate with measured heat, several of our papers discuss neutron production. There is an abundance of contradictory theories, and hence, weve shied away from theory until we had data. Although the mantra, theory guides, data decides, doesnt preclude experimental data, several voices outside the field refuse to recognize the phenomena unless there is a theory. However, our model-ing has provided guidance and suggests previously unrecognized magnetic and nuclear effects that clearly enable condensed matter nuclear reactions. The major cold fusion criticism has been the need to overcome the Coulomb Barrier between two positively charged deuterons at room temperature, 0.025 eV, as opposed to the hot fusion ion temperature of 5 keV (55 million K). However, low energy accelerator experiments with metal deuteride targets demonstrate enhanced electron screening that significantly raises the Gamow Factor thereby increasing the low temperature deuterium fusion cross-section. Other nuclear theories have been suggested to lower the Coulomb Barrier, though few of these are consistent with our data. Most important, the patented co-deposition protocol (US 8,419,919) discussed in these papers has shown independent reproducibility and replication across multiple laboratories in four countries negating two primary criticisms of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (CMNS): irreproducibility and lack of independent replication.
The one I was talking about is from Penn State and a computer guy. Somebody else verified the UNM guy and he looks to be real and in the field.
Laz, I think you’ve reached critical mass. Unless you have some carbon rods nearby, prepare for an explosion.
I don’t claim to be an expert in the field, I’m just pointing out what a sketchy organization E-Cat is. And the more I dig, the more weirdness I find. This guy Rossi has been making grandiose claims like this since the 1970s. The surest way to shut me up is to DELIVER on something. Dude’s like a politician, all he does is talk talk talk and produce nothing of substance. He’s been at this for 40 years.
I want to see it happen, I really honestly do. But it’s hard to get behind an organization that lies to me. How do you make a first impression that’s worse than that? The headline is that the US DTRA has publicly released their article. The report shows a staff-summary sheet showing DTIC release. But when I go to those websites and search on the title or control number, I find NOTHING. I’d love to hear an explanation for that.
Dude, you’re coming off a little unhinged here.
My dishwasher runs on LENR.
60% of GOVERNMENT and government workers are USELESS...
it is a cancer eating the country..... glorified WELFARE
LENR will herald the second coming of CHRIST.
The Soviets invented LENR first, which is why they put a satellite in space before us.
Don’t you wish you understood LENR?
LMAO.
LENR cures cancer.
This is nothing compared to what Lynrd Skynrd can do.
Common netiquette is to indicate what a link points to. Trying to get people to click on links with no knowledge of what the link points to is spammy behavior. Sorry if my point went “over your head” I thought it was obvious to any 5th grader nowadays.
Your name-calling is impressive. Like I said, the biggest way to shut me up is to show results. If it’s valid science, it shouldn’t require some kind of religious awakening to believe in it. Show me something running on LENR and I’ll believe it.
You’re no different than the UFO people, Lazamatz. You don’t want to talk facts, you just want to call people stupid and ignorant for, ironically, not blindly believing.
Call me a tard all you want, you’re not coming off real impressive right now. Every post that you rack up on here just kicks up your nutjob quota.
Got anything to say about the article or are we just posting vanities today?
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