As a wsy to shield muon radiation, the LENR reactor could be buried underground in a silo with the depth of the hole determined by the health effects produced by the expected muon flux.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > The flow of Muons from the "Mouse" into the "Cats" in Rossi's Self Sustain > mode (SSM) configuration looks like an application of a muon chain reaction > that you speculate about. We will need to watch Rossi to see what type of > health problems he develops from his time inside the shipping container. > > Someone should tell Rossi about the possiblity of muons comming out of his > reactor then ask Rossi how he will deal with the muon flux coming out of > his reactor > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> *From:* Axil Axil >> >> >> >> Ø >> *http://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic/posters/display.jsp?name=poster.lead.cool.man.data* >> <http://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic/posters/display.jsp?name=poster.lead.cool.man.data> >> >> Ø The Effects of Lead Shielding on Muon Counts…. If you are near a >> LENR reactor, tt looks like lots of muons will get to and into the body. I >> wonder if muons are harmful? >> >> Aside from the possible (likely) harm from muons, the curious and >> disturbing thing about this paper is that the authors: >> >> 1) expected to see a decreasing rate of muon counts as more lead >> above the detectors was added, >> >> 2) They were extremely surprised to see that when going from 15cm >> to 20cm of lead, the count rate of muons actually increased >> >> 3) This data point was extremely unexpected. They had expected that >> the rate of decrease of the muon count rates would have slowed, but the >> last thing expected was for the count rates to actually increase. >> >> That is a lot of lead, first of all. Even then, it never blocked all the >> muons. For the muon count to increase, with thicker lead, this means >> that some kind of chain reaction is happening above a thickness level, >> but muon keep progressing thought the metal. >> >> As an analogy – (of how LENR could benefit from this) consider the known >> parameters of fission … a chain reaction of neutrons is the driver of >> fission reactors, and thus the concept of a chain reaction of muons is >> intriguing. Can muons be harvested? >> >> As for using this information in a practical manner, the main problem is >> that tons of lead would be needed for even a small reactor - and in the >> end – the question is whether they can be converted into energy. >> > >
