Piantelii said that he used N to stop a run away meltdown before he found that D2 would stop the reaction on HIS system.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > Okay. I think I should just delete the statement about N: >> >> >> Why? That ain't no H2 tank in the Jan demo image. >> > > Who knows what it's doing there. Maybe they use it to purge the cell or > clean out the tubes. > > The thing is, he says that was a misunderstanding and he never asserted > that N is used to quench the reaction. I don't recall where I heard that. > Looking around I see no record that Rossi said it. I looked in the SL and > did not see it. So I say let's take him at his word on this. This is a minor > issue. The contradictory statements about Ni isotope enrichment > *are*important, and I would not propose removing them. > > If we find an earlier statement from him saying he used N, I suppose we can > leave it in, and put in another statement next to it, with the label > RETRACTION (not CONTRADICTION). > > If someone else said they use N, I guess that person was misinformed. No > big deal. > > I'll bet N would work! They should try it. > > - Jed > >
