[Kevmo]

I think there are multiple nuclear processes going on , wherein the one that generates neutrons is what triggers the secondary nuclear process, p-p fusion which is what occurs in our Sun and is the most common naturally occurring nuclear fusion process in Nature... by far.

[rdcbn1]

Thinking you are right on that one. One of my colleagues at the time was a nuclear physicist who was adamantly opposed to “cold fusion “ on the basis that the energy thresholds to initiate fusion were simply too high to initiate fusion, although he did feel that the lattice confinement concept and mechanism was at least theoretically plausible.

We discussed the idea that incorporating a secondary neutron source and suitable activation methodology to the overcome the barrier to either get the ball rolling or even to mediate the cold fusion reaction could overcome the barriers and result in in a workable hybrid type of device.

Unfortunately, at the time, the last thing the guys that controlled suitable neutron sources and related hardware wanted to do was encourage cold fusion heretics in their research and, more importantly, in their search for dwindling sources of research dollars.