*The nuclear radiation production and residual latent radiation levels may well be a function of the power production level of the Rossi Cat-E. *
* * *The motivation to reduce the size of the Cat-E down to a very small size may well be that a small Cat-E produces far less nuclear radiation than a large one. The scaling factor on this characteristic may be exponential.* * * *There was no lead shielding (lead shielding was removed) on the E-Kitten(2.4 kilowatts thermal output) during its demo then during the demo of the Cat-E(18 kilowatts).* * * *The E-Kitten may be radiation safe.* * * *In the Cat-E system, a thermal spike of 130 KWs might have resulted in a production of a gamma ray spike that are often detected on the larger Cat systems.* * * *This peculiarity of Cat-E megawatt design may well have been discovered recently and has led to the fabrication of the one megawatts Cat-E unit with many more E-Kittens.* * * *This would defang the NRC and would be worth the extra material cost the build the megawatt unit due to larger numbers of smaller E-Kitten modules or channels. * * * * * On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Steven - A milder "label" is not going to work when your commercial enemy > is big oil. The best we can hope for is that the nuclear reaction is easily > shielded and predictable. It would not hurt if it is a reaction often used > in human Medicine, either. Ref: the Pet scan > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography > > After all, radium is an intense emitter and was allowed routinely on watch > faces for years in regulated amounts - with no lasting harm, except to the > workers who applied it. If the Rossi reaction turns out to be "new physics" > and previously unknown, then that would possibly help, if it is also > relatively mild. > > If one could design an ideal new version of a known nuclear reaction, which > is consistent with results seen (but otherwise pure speculation), it would > be a version of the "Ra Reaction" which is the most prevalent reaction in > the Universe - the conversion of hydrogen into deuterium. This is > Bethe-fusion, such as occurs as the first step in our Sun - going to helium > eventually. The first step: > > P + P --> D + positron + neutrino > > Obviously the neutrino in this reaction is not detectable, and it can carry > away much of the energy - but if the reaction is the cause of the excess > heat of the Rossi device, then positron annihilation should occur as well at > some level. That is the only logical conclusion. > > That signature for annihilation is clear and unambiguous (511 keV) yet it > did not happen at the Jan demo despite a specialty meter for detecting it. > However, there are unconfirmed reports that the kind of meter used by Levi > (seen in the demo) had observed the signature of positron annihilation in > the December test-run, and that was the reason it was present in January. > This is my hope for the recent "particle detection" - that the "particle" > was a signature gamma photon (not a particle per se - if you want to > nit-pik) > > BTW there is a rationalization in QM for how the energy of annihilation > could be 'borrowed' in advance, so that it is both seldom detected but > always relevant. The operative word being "seldom". This explanation has > "Dirac" and his "sea of negative energy", written all over it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson > > Jones sez: > > > OTOH - we keep getting back to the problem of NRC approval, > > or even UL approval. With proved particle detection and > > real fusion, then we are back to being years away from > > having the device approved in the USA. > > Adding more to the goose chase, let us not forget the fact that there > are those who would like to denigrate the word "fusion", and replace > it with what they believe is a more accurate term: "nuclear reaction." > Perhaps if we all start calling the process a "nuclear reaction" the > Underwriter's Laboratory will feel less threatened (because it's not > really "fusion") ... and Wall Mart can start marketing the Rossi-Tea > Pot sooner. > > Clear as mud? > > Making society richer and safer through the skills of political science! > ;-) > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > > > > >
