--- Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > If "somehow" all the D in one cluster shrinks to a size capable of fusing, then one might even get the reaction 4 x D -> 2 x He4 (perhaps with an intermediary Be8*), with each getting equal energy and momentum (which has previously been suggested as the primary CF mechanism (Takahashi, or Arata himself?).
The more one thinks deeply about the implications of this particular route to fusion (actually even fusion-->fission)-- even as 'alien' as it is to traditional nuclear physics- and especially with the importance of the Be intermediary (more on that later) the more it kind of "fits" into one particular circumstance ... ... that is: the situation of hexavalent hydrides of very large AMU atoms like Uranium, which can adsorb 6 protons or deuterons. Uranium is the perfect candidate for a hybrid reaction which is somewhere between fission and the type of LENR which was promoted by the "Cincinatti Group" mentioned by Nick Palmer. That one resulted in the "disappearance" of expected energy and radioactivity, but this would not happen with U. That 6-1 ratio in U might be the reason that this new reactor (below) is for real - and not just "vapor-ware" despite the total lack of "provenance" so to speak. When I first read about it, the initial impression was "April fool joke" which evolved into "LENR ripoff" but now looks like it may bridge the gap between LENR and the hydrino, and fission, and with a dash of top secret stuff which was not supposed to get out from our National Labs so soon: http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/ http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/news.html The purported inventor (coming out of the woodwork)is Dr. Otis (Pete) Peterson of LANL. I hope he did not set out to rip-off the work-product of others including many LENR experimenters (including Ed Storms) - and let me make it clear that there is NO indication that he did, or has done this... just a fishy smell. That is: in addition to the aforementioned "out-of-nowhere" lack of provenance... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provenance Maybe it was a flash of Eureka from an alien encounter or the result of one of those infamous Area 51 reverse-engineered reactors, LOL. Look at the guy's bio. Sorry, it just does not add up from what I can see ... Jones
