[Hiddigeigei]

Ah, but this isn't "fission".

Quote from another article at the conference Cryogenic Ignition of Deuteron Fusion in Micro/Nano-Scale Metal Particles :

At ambient temperatures or low energies (≤ 10 eV), deuterium fusion in metal proceeds dominantly via the following reactions:
{4} D(m) + D(m) → 4He(m) + 23.8 MeV (m), where m represents a host metal lattice or metal particle.

Over twenty years wasted. Thank goodness some people continued investigating the phenomenon unfunded. Gives one an insight into the politics of science.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Thank goodness some people continued investigating the phenomenon unfunded.

And in the face of constant opposition and ridicule.

"Gives one an insight into the politics of science."

Very unfortunately true. The persecution of those who dared to continue research into LANR has not been pretty.