I am not an experimentalist, but is testing W-L theory expensive? If we forget about measuring heat, several of Larsen's presentations may provide enough details for experiments that could yield transmutations. See, for example -
"Lattice Energy LLC- Mystery of the Missing Nickel and Vanadium-Nov 6 2011" http://www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/lattice-energy-lcc-mystery-of-the-missing-nickel-and-vanadiumnov-6-2011 By outsourcing before/after material testing to a commercial atomic spectroscopy lab, could amateurs or college labs prove W-L theory?