From: Lennart Thornros
Jones, Why is disqualified as LENR/CF? Lennart- simply because a large amount of energy ia applied to the fuel at the start to achieve “ignition.” Yes, it is true that some devices which are labeled as LENR also require plasmas which are relatively hot – at least they cannot really be called “cold” (as opposed to small scale). Mizuno’s glow discharge would be an example. However, the scale and cost of LENR devices can invariably be reduced significantly. That seems to be the distinction. For LENR, we are usually talking about a reactor which can involve high temperature (as in a laser pulse) but small size and low cost. In the case of Tri-Alpha, the large device you see in the video will need to be scaled up considerably for breakeven, and will likely cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
