Maybe we should change the name of LENR to remove the 'Nuclear' connotation and just call it Structure Effect HyperChemical Reactions, SEHCR. Just because there's a high energy gamma ray DURING the process doesn't mean that we have to deal with gamma rays as a RESULT of it. So by it not being a 'nuclear' process, it will be monitored by standard industry watchdogs rather than the NRC.
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> wrote: > Just wondering if this might be relevent to one of the Cold Fusion > "miracles" > > https://phys.org/news/2017-05-neutron-rich-tin-nucleus- > electromagnetism-strong.html > > In a recent experiment ... scientists .. made a very surprising > observation: High-energy gamma rays—which are mediated by the > electromagnetic force—are emitted in the decay of a certain excited > nucleus—tin 133, in competition with neutron emission, the decay mode > mediated by the strong nuclear force. This is despite the fact that the > neutron emission was expected to be orders of magnitude faster since the > force is much stronger. > > ... > > The RIBF results suggest that structure effects, which are commonly > neglected in the evaluation of neutron-emission probabilities in > calculations of global beta-decay properties for astrophysical simulations, > are much more important than generally assumed > ... > -- > Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> > >
