In reply to Robert Ellefson's message of Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:24:55 -0700: Hi, [snip] > >While this still only represents a small sample of the complete reactor ash, >I have a difficult time believing that a substantial fractionation of nickel >isotopes occurred. I suspect that most of the other fuel elements are not >appearing in the ash because they migrated elsewhere in the reactor vessel >and were missed by sample bias, but I have a difficult time imagining how >the 99.3% Ni62 grain could be the result of isotope fractionation, all >things considered here.
I agree, and besides there is the "little" matter of all that excess energy. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
