Bob, you know the protocol - if the author finds an error of that severity, he withdraws the paper. Since they have not done so after a year, isn’t it fair to assume that the enrichment in the heavy isotope was deliberate?
In Moscow, there is a famous lab (Kurchatov) which does most of the nickel enrichment for the entire world. It would not be difficult for Parkhomov to find and use nickel enriched in 64Ni. From: Bob Cook Jones-- I agree with you about the report of the Ni-64 ratios presented in the report. They should be asked to confirm the original Ni-64 ratio. I doubt it is correct, since it would have taken some effort to start with the enriched Ni-64, which they would surely have noted as a particularly important attribute of the starting fuel. Bob Cook
