http://www.theguardian.com/science/life-and-physics/2011/may/14/1
Muons are harmless...thank goodness. On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >>> >> >> >
