Curious detail in all of this Navy-gravy is worth a quick mention . since we are all concerned about getting LENR to market quickly.
Who would have expected that Guam, of all places, would be benefiting from this breakthrough power source? Well . Navy Base Quam and an associated airfield are strategic locations for USN - and it is doubtful that there are adequate coconut hulls to supply all the energy needs: http://www.mvguam.com/local/news/22144-clean-nuclear-power-eyed.html Kinda reminds vorticians of those contracts for grid power that BLP signed with various New Mexico Utility providers four years ago . for Mills' breakthrough power source. should I say: previous breakthrough power source? (the one following the Capstone breakthrough and preceding CIHT breakthrough, cough, cough) Wonder how BLP is progressing with those highly publicized contracts, and how much lower the electric rates are in NM these days? After all, did not Randy say he could make electricity for one cent per kWhr? Well geeze . the guy is still a veritable genius in my book, but he is more untrustworthy with his predictions than Rossi . or all the Hot Fusion advocates . oops . no, sorry. no one on this planet is more untrustworthy with predictions than the Hot Fusion establishment . From: Jones Beene Curious, that the Navy cites Mitchell Swartz's applications (and Arata) as prior art - all of which have NOT been granted, and the Navy does NOT mention the one which they flagrantly copy. We need a massive overhaul of USPTO due to extreme incompetence. US Navy or not . this patent seems to be "borrowing" the prior art of the Cincinnati group: "Pressurized electro-hydraulic processing" - It is a bit irksome that the military gets a free ride from USPTO in many cases such as this. The Cincinnati process remediated (transmuted) thorium in an electrochemical process but they gave up trying to fight the patent office. US 20030201167 A1 http://www.google.com/patents/US20030201167 It is no wonder that Mitchell is bitter over his treatment by USPTO -- when several recent WPO patents have been granted which clearly mention LENR and would have been invalidated, had Mitchell's prior applications been granted, as they should have been. Jones From: Axil https://www.google.com/patents/US8419919?dq=11/859,499 <https://www.google.com/patents/US8419919?dq=11/859,499&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5rfUe 70HMen4AO3yIFw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA> &hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5rfUe70HMen4AO3yIFw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA This U.S. Navy patent transmutes radioactive elements into less harmful elements through a benign low energy nuclear reaction process. The patent was granted April 16, 2013 for a device and method that shortens the half-life of radioactive materials by increasing their rate of emissions. "Method and Apparatus for Generating Particles," the content of which is fully incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the invention relate generally to the field of electrochemistry. Generated particles may be captured by other nuclei to create new elements, to remediate nuclear waste, to treat cancerous tumors, or to create strategic materials.
