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LOW-ENERGY BULK-PROCESS ALCHEMY
One-Tenth Gram of Thorium Becomes Titanium & Copper
Most Sacrosanct Principles of Physics Overturned
Dr. Robert W. Bass, M.A. Oxon, Ph.D.
CINCINNATI, OHIO: In a stunning upset of the structure of the atom and its nucleus.
fundamental dogmas of high-energy nuclear Supposedlyonlymulti-million-dollarhighenergy
physics, a small group of inspired inventors particle accelerators, operating at energies in
acting in the tradition of the Wright Brothers of excess of tens of thousands of electron volts,
nearby Dayton OH, has achieved reliable, can perform nuclear alchemy.
multiply-confirmed, replicable-upon-demand,
low-energy, bulk-process, high-speed, modern In contrast, the new process announced by the
alchemy. For example, in less than an hour, Cincinnati Group, could be reproduced in any
one-tenth gram of radioactive thorium has been high-schoollaboratory. Thetotalpowerrequired
transmuted into nine-hundredths gram of to transmute one tenth gram of thorium is less
titanium plus one-hundredth gram of copper. than300watts,andtheprocessingtimeisunder
an hour, so less than three-tenths of a
After two years of partial public disclosures, kilowatt-hour (or less than three pennies' worth
these latter-day Prometheans have finally of electricity) is the energy requirement. The
achieved multiple third-party confirmations by patent-pending, proprietary reaction vessel,
numerousestablishedmeasurementtechniques. whose technical secrets will be made available
Cross-checkingproceduresruleoutallpossibility for independent replication by others under a
of contamination or other experimental error. Non-Disclosure Agreement [NDA], fits inside of
We are now calling for the public to encourage a four-inch cube. Initially, five identical
theEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),the processing cells were fabricated, after the
NuclearRegulatoryCommission(NRC),andthe processwasdiscoveredbytrial-and-errorinone
DepartmentofEnergy(DOE),topayattentionto cornerofaweldingshop. Otherelements,such
thisunprecedentedtechnologicalbreakthrough, as ultra-dangerous cesium-137, and uranium,
which seems to have arrived at the height of also have been processed with similar results,
national concern over the expensive and auguring hope that mankind's nightmare of
dangerous problem posed by disposal of long-livedhigh-levelradioactivewastecanatlast
massive stockpiles of radioactive wastes beeliminated.Differentsizesofcellshavebeen
produced both by the Department of Defense constructed and operated successfully,
(DOD) atomic-weapons program and by the indicatingthattheprocesscanbescaledupfrom
nation's many civiliannuclear power-generating grams to tons.
plants.
Theobjectiveistoconvertaradioactiveelement
Conventional-minded physical scientists have into non-radioactive elements. In nature,
long-proclaimed that low-energy bulk-process uranium and thorium decay, by emission of
transmutation of one chemical element into alpha-&-beta-particles,inacomplicatedchainof
another to be an impossible "ancient and
medieval dream" whose absurdity has been
exposed by modern discoveries concerning the
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reactions which stops when the final decay subjected their process to the scrutiny of
products are isotopes of lead. It takes thorium sophisticated measurement process, at both a
tenhalf-lives,or45billionyears,for99.9percent nationally prominent testing laboratory and two
of any sample to decay naturally into lead. The nationally reputable universities, with
new process causes random multiple confirmatory results. The before-and-after
fragmentation of the thorium nucleus into testing of the process-sample has employed
elements which are non-radioactive when first bothquadrupolemassspectrometry(utilizingan
created, thereby speeding up the process by inductively coupled plasma excitation source)
eliminating the need for further radioactive and atomic-emission spectrometry (based upon
decay. scanningelectronmicroscopy). Alsousedwere
Geiger counters (to note decrease in external
In one particular run, thorium was transmuted counts during processing) and computer-
entirelyintotitaniumandcopper. Inthiscasethe monitored scintillation counters for more
transmutationresultconsistedofninety-percent accurate quantitative measurements of initial
titanium and ten-percent copper. In other runs, and final radiationemission bythe unprocessed
the result was almost entirely copper, with a and processed samples.
small amount of titanium and iron. In one
particulartest,theresultwasaboutone-tenthof The basic experimental protocol involves
a gram of flakes of copper, which could beseen dissolving one gram of thorium nitrate in 100
withthenakedeyeandpickedupwithtweezers! milliliters(ml)ofdouble-distilledwaterandother
A color photo of this man-made copper is reagents. Then75mlisretainedfortestingasa
available. The fact that the copper could not "before" or unprocessed sample, while 25 ml is
have been due to contamination was insertedintothereactionvessel. Electriccurrent
subsequently confirmed by is run through the cell for less than
processing cell blanks along one hour. The contents of the cell
with the thorium test samples, are then collected for testing as an
in which the only difference in "after" or processed sample. To
the solutions placed into the ascertain that no radioactive
reaction vessel was the elements remain in the cell, it is
presence or absence of disassembled and each part
dissolved thorium nitrate. monitored for radioactivity.
Moreover, the clinching Additionally, one unused cell was
evidencethatthecoppercould ground up, dissolved in acid, and
not have been the result of the digested mixture tested [by
error or hoax was that its isotopic abundance ICP/MS & TEM-EDXA] to ensure that no
ratiowasdifferentfromthatofnaturalcopperby contaminantssufficienttoproducetheobserved
about a thousand percent! amounts of copper, titanium, etc. were present.
Even though such amounts of contaminants
In naturally-occurring copper, the abundance of werealreadynot tobepresent, ablanktest was
the isotope of atomic weight 65 (meaning that also prepared and subjected to the reaction
there is a total of 65 protons and neutrons in its process, in which the sole difference between
nucleus) constitutes about 45 percent of the the blank run and the actual run was the
amount of the copper isotope of atomic weight absence or presence of thorium nitrate in the
63. But in the test-run which produced solution introduced into the reaction chamber.
macroscopically visible copper flakes, the Most of the mass-spectroscopy analyses were
abundance ratio was increased 973 percent! doneonfourseparatebutrelatedsamples:(1)a
Likewise, two of the four isotopes of titanium in reagent blank [whose results were subtracted
another run differed from natural isotopic from the following results]; (2) a cell blank [as
abundance ratios. To produce one-tenth of a alreadydescribed];(3)aprocessedsample;and
gram of copper and titanium isotopes so (4)anunprocessedsample[fromthesameinitial
dramaticallydifferentthanwhatoccursinnature, batch].Theconclusionaboutwhatpercentageof
emphasizes the impossibility of a hoax or error.
The Cincinnati Group, remembering the violent
skepticism which greeted the claims of
Fleischmann & Pons in 1989 to have
demonstrated "cold" nuclear fusion, have
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the thorium had been transmuted was based feature as a cover story "It Ain't Over 'Til It's
upon comparison of items (3) and (4). Over!," an unbiased account of the CF scandal
by Wall Street Journal reporter Jerry Bishop.
One of the many runs based upon the protocol Fromthisarticle,theCincinnatiGrouplearnedto
just described led to a "Third Party Verification" contact Hal Fox, founder of the Fusion
Certificatewhichreadsinpart:"Thequantitative Information Center [P.O. Box 58639, Salt Lake
analysisofthedataindicatedthattheamountof City,UT84158-0639],whoadvisedthemthatthe
thoriumwhichhadundergonetransmutationwas nation perhaps needed RR more desperately
equivalenttotheamountoftitaniumpluscopper than cheap, clean energy at the present time.
which had been formed, within experimental Fox, who publishes the archival, internationally
error." abstracted, peer-reviewed Journal of New
Energy,alsopublishesaCFSourceBook which
Traditionally, science has been based upon hehasdedicatedto"TheChildrenofChernobyl."
openness and peer-reviewed publications, with The Cincinnati Group further publicly
no details omitted, and widespread acceptance acknowledges great help from Dr. Eugene
contingent upon independent replication and Mallove, publisher and editor of Infinite Energy
confirmation. Unfortunately, basic science as magazine[availableforanannualsubscriptionof
practiced today is almost entirely dependent $29.50 from P.O. Box 2816, Concord, NH
upon public funding, such as from the National 03302-2816],whosenextissuewillcontainmuch
ScienceFoundation(NSF),NASA,or,asalready more detail pertaining to the presently
mentioned, the DOD and DOE. But in the case announcedseemingly-miraculousachievement.
of cold fusion (CF), which is a special case of
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), the
EnergyResearchAdvisoryBoard(ERAB)Report Personswithascientificinterestwhowouldlike
submitted to the DOE and essentially claiming to peruse unedited copies of the Test Reports
that CF/LENR and the like are "physically summarized above (or contemplate signing an
IMPOSSIBLE" has precluded normally funded NDA in order to receive full disclosure) may
researchinthisemergentfield. Therefore,most contactCeline at P.O. Box1262, Covington, KY
LENR experiments have been bootlegged at 41012-1262 or, M-F, at [phone]. After
governmentorcorporatelaboritoriesorprivately June 19, the merely curious may consult the
funded. Cincinnati Group's forthcoming web page.
The Cincinnati Group, with a small budget, has
obtained results which the august National
Fusion Briefings
AcademyofSciencehasbrandedas"inherently
physicallyimpossible,"hasnochoicebuttoseek
Patent Protection for its intellectual property in
ordertoattract the necessaryventurecapital by
means of which this almost-miraculous process THE C.F. REVOLUTION
can be scaled up from grams to pounds and,
eventually, to tons. Jed Rothwell, "Cold Fusion and theFuture, Part
1 - Revolutionary Technology," Infinite Energy,
Concerned citizens, who would like to see "a no 12, Jan-Feb 1997, pp 10-19, 31 refs.
twenty-firstcenturysciencesolution"tonational
problemofRadwasteRemediation(RR),should
"In this inconceivably enormous universe, we
urge their Senators to ensure that the Patent
can never run out of energy or matter. But we
System functions in the manner which the
can all too easily run out of brains."
founding fathers of this country intended, as
– ArthurC.Clarke,fromProfilesofthe Future.
authorized by the U.S. Constitution.
The Cincinnati Group wishes to express its
appreciationtothosewhohavehelpedthemthe
most, including those elements of the national
presswhodonotcaterto"packmentality." They
would not have started their project if it had not
been for the courageous decision of the Editors
and Publishers of Popular Science magazine to
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So begins this article about cold fusion's future, MIRACLE – NOTMISTAKE
covering thephilosophyof energyuse,and cold
fusion's placein it. Whether using heavy water, Eugene Mallove, "Cold Fusion: the "Miracle" is
or ordinary light water, cold fusion will be No Mistake," Analog, Science Fiction and Fact,
commercialized in many ways. Here Rothwell July/August 1997, pp 53-73, 91 refs.
mentions at length thermal cold fusion used for
vehicles, for heating, for electrical power STAFF SUMMARY
generation, and for agricultural uses.
Gene Mallove presents the Cold Fusion story to
Revolutionary products coming from this new some of the more open-minded readers in
technology, changes to the infrastructure, and America, with all its research excitement and
military applications are also examined. Food establishment obstruction. He explains whythe
factories,insteadoftraditionalfarming,andtheir coldfusionquestwillnotliveinscientificinfamy,
impact on world populations and economy are but rather herald the beginning of the end of the
discussed at length. FossilFuelAgeandthebirthoftheNewPhysics.
"In many ways, the cold fusion war these last
ENERGY GAIN & TRANSMUTATION eight years bears close resemblance to the
Galileo affair of nearly four centuries ago." The
Heinrich Hora, J.C. Kelly (Sch. Phys., U. of establishmentwouldadamantlynotlookthrough
NSW, Sidney, Australia), G.H. Miley (Fusion our telescopes, accusing cold fusioneers of
Studies Lab., U. Illinois), "Energy Gain and ignorance, ineptitude and downright fraud. The
Nuclear Transmutation by Low-Energy P- or D- late physics Nobel laureate and eminent cold
ReactioninMetalLattices,"InfiniteEnergy,vol2, fusiontheorist,JulianSchwinger,feltcompelled
no 12, Jan-Feb 1997, pp 48-52. to resign from the American Physical Society
because of its abuse of the publication process
AUTHORS' ABSTRACT where cold fusion papers were concerned.
Since reproducible experiments with varying The vested academic interests will be eating
amounts of energy production from nuclear crow yet, along with several of the more
fusionandnucleartransmutationsbyprotonsor vociferous editors, critics, and writers. Mallove
deuterons in high concentrations in host metals cited one example: magician and debunker,
have been shown, some conceptual problems James Randi, wrote in the American Physical
arediscussed. Weunderlineherethestepshow Society News (June 1994), "The cold fusion
theexperimentsforusingtheswimmingelectron farce should have been tossed into the trash
layer for reduction of the Coulomb repulsion heap long ago, but justifiable fear of legal
were motivated with using nickel or palladium- actions by offended supporters has stifled
nickel single or multiple layers. In support of opponents...Atriskofbeingunbearablyrealistic,
this,weevaluatetheexperimentsbyArataetal. I must tell you that Elvis Presley is really dead,
and confirm on the basis of our earlier derived the sky is not falling, perpetual motion is a
power law that the reaction distance of the chimera, cold fusion is a dead duck, the earth is
deuterons(orprotons)isintherangeoffewpm. not flat, and the fault lies not in our stars, but in
We further evaluate the measured distributions ourselves."[Bon appetit, guys.]
at transmutations of the elements on the atomic
number Z and find an exponential law for the
decay of the maxima on Z. The result of
ImusttellyouthatElvisPresleyisreallydead,
transmutation of the host metals is
the sky is not falling, perpetual motion is a
generalizedbyactivelyaddingothernuclides
chimera, cold fusion is a dead duck...
intothenearsurfaceorinterfaceforinducing – JamesRandi,1994
desired transmutations. These reactions with
added materials may be used for a low cost
eliminationoflong-livednuclearwasteandofthe
abolition of plutonium. More to the point of realism, by a writer whose
prognosticationshaverepeatedlycometrue,was
this quote, "It is really quite amazing by what
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margins competent but conservative scientists ACELL FOR HUIZENGA
and engineers can miss the mark, when they
start with the preconceived idea that what they Eugene Mallove, "The Cold Fusion Cell that
are investigating is impossible. When this Made Huizenga Blink," Infinite Energy, no 12,
happens, the most well-informed men become Jan-Feb 1997, pp 23-25.
blindedbytheirprejudicesandareunabletosee
what lies directly ahead of them." This was STAFF SUMMARY
Arthur C. Clarke, in his Profiles of the Future.
Clarke,atrainedscientistandwriter,hasbeena Dr. John Huizenga, author of the book Cold
proponent of "cold fusion" and new energy Fusion: the Scientific Fiasco of the Century,
researchanddevelopment. Seehisthoughtson made a visit to Cal Poly, Pomona this February,
this on page 6 of this issue. to give students and faculty the "other side" of
the Cold Fusion story. Cal Poly, Pomona is
Mallove echos the feelings of all new energy known as the home of the Bush-Eagleton team
advocates when he writes: "There will come a that has been so active and successful in cold
time –onehopesandexpectswithinthenext fusion research. Dr. Robert T. Bush is
few years – when cold fusion energy will be interviewed in this article about that visit and, in
completely accepted by the scientific another interview also in this IE, about his
community. Apart from the scientific and current and past research.
technologicalconsequencesofthephenomenon
itself being ratified, may we expect a change in Huizengaisapersonableandarticulatespeaker,
thewaythescientificestablishmentconductsits and very persuasive. Bush puts it, he "certainly
affairs? It is difficult to say." seemstohavetheknackofbeingabletonaysay
mostpeoplewithoutraisingtheirbloodpressure,
SummarybyDinehTorres which I find to be a social skill bordering on the
unbelievable." His talk to about fifty students
and faculty was replete with the usual
PATTERSON COLD FUSION CELL ON TV arguments, now disproved, for a lack of
Courtesy of Dr. Atul Bhadkamkar nuclear evidence for fusion. Even before the
isotopic evidence, it was known that CF would
Michael Gillam, "Good Morning America", on notmirrorthe"usual"hotfusionreactionstaking
ABC-TV,June11, 1997,presentedanexcellent place in a Tokamak.
cold fusion review – except they never used the
term cold fusion. The device, Dr. James Dr. Huizenga has stated in the past that he had
Patterson's cold fusion cell, had been shown on never been to a laboratory where the
GoodMorningAmericaayearago,andthiswas researchers claimed to have a live CF cell
a follow-up report. Although the narrator stated producing excess power, and at this time Drs.
thatexcessthermalenergyof100to1,000times Bush and Eagleton had a very up and running
the input energy could be achieved, the larger CF cell right there in the Cal Poly lab.
devices were working at about 120% more
energy out than being consumed. Also During the tour of the lab, Dr. Bush repeatedly
demonstrated was a cell connected to a source invited Dr. Huizenga to take data of the
ofradioactiveuranium. Afterabouttwohoursof experiment and "show me an error in our work
processing (running the radioactive liquid leading to a significant spurious excess power."
through the bed of beads) the radioactivity had But Huizenga claimed that he was retired, and
been reduced by about half. This is another then only doing some consulting for Lawrence
excellentdemonstrationthatlow-energynuclear Livermore Labs., also in California. Bush's
reactions can be produced. response was "this will get you over to theWest
Coast" and therefore able to check out the data
from a real working CF experiment.
Dr. Bush's opinion is that Cold Fusion will turn
out to be onlythelatestsurprisein a long line of
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surprises in the unfolding of Quantum thehotfusionboys. Alltherocketengineerswill
Mechanics, another example of such surprises be out of jobs, and a lot of the poor guys are
being the phenomenon of "high temperature already. Idon'tliketoguessatthescenario,but
superconductors." Keep your eyes open, Dr. I would say that before the end of this decade,
Huizenga, it's not over yet. the hand waving will be over and people will
acceptthatthisenergyexists,whateveritis,and
theremayactuallybeseveraldifferentvarieties.
Alot of heads will roll at the U.S. Department of
KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING
Energy and elsewhere."
– an excerpt from Dr. Clarke's comments to
A.L. Samgin, S.V. Vakarin (Inst. High Temp.
Discover Magazine, May 1997.
Electrochem., Ekaterinburg, Russia), "Protonic
Conductors are Key to Approaching an Under-
standing of Anomalous Effects in the Solid/
3 PAPERS BY DR. ARATA
DeuteriumSystem,"InfiniteEnergy,vol2,no12,
Jan-Feb 1997, pp 64-68. Yoshiaki Arata, and Yue-Chang Zhang (Osaka
University, Ibaraki, Osaka), "Deuterium Nuclear
AUTHORS' ABSTRACT Reaction Process within Solid," Proc. Japan
Acad.,vol 72, Ser. B (1996); Infinite Energy, vol
New data on the structural analysis of proton 2, no 12, Jan-Feb 1997, pp 53.
conductingceramicsandsinglecrystalsindicate
that processes of explosive character occur AUTHORS' ABSTRACT
inside samples related to excess heat and
neutron yields. The strong pressures in solids, In a series of studies, a significantly large
involved in cold fusion studies, were predicted amount of helium(4He/D ~(1~0.2)x102and
2
from a series of models (ever so dissimilar), for 4He/3He=4, D :"fuel"helium:"ash")wasclearly
2
example, from the initial Fleischmann-Pons detected with a quadrupole mass spectrometer
paper. This is also in general agreement with (QMS)asthedeuteriumnuclearreactionproduct
our conception of the anomalous effects in ("ash") released from the highly deuterated
protonic conductors and oxide bronzes. The
palladium host-solid (Pd-black distributed
processesresultinginsuchmanifestations,asit 0.02~0.06:average0.04)thathadproduced
isinBridgman'srheologicalexplosion,canarise
large amounts of anomalous excess energy
in materials which show cold fusion effects.
(200~500 MJ/cm3) through long period such as
What real phenomena takes place, in fact? We
5000 hrs., when it was heated in a high vacuum
believe that such interconnecting factors as the
(108 torr), high temperature (1000°C). On
channels of proton transfer, the explosion-like
characterofprocessesandtheconductiontypes theotherhand,asimultaneousmeasurementby
can be expected to play a crucial role in the anotherQMScaughtasignaloftheexistenceof
anomalous behaviors. 3He, while it is considerably less existence
[produced] than 4He.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE, FRIEND OF NEW In comparable measurements from
ENERGY non-deuterated samples, any helium and
Borrowed fromInfinite Energy, # 12 deuterium were not detected. This means that
there exist no well-known Rutherford type as a
"I've written dozens of books on the subject main reaction of the deuterium nuclear reaction
(space travel) and I'm sick and tired of talking within Pd host-solid, and an inherent feature of
about it. I've nothing new to add, except I think solid-state with much valency electron cloud
more and more that the new space age, and such as Pd presents a circumstance for a new
the new everything age, is linked more and type of deuterium nuclear fusion reaction which
more to the new energy revolution... directly produces4He as main reaction product.
Because the helium (4He,3He) was observed
"Foronething,thereisthisso-calledcoldfusion.
Which is neither cold nor fusion. Very few
Americans seem to know what is happening,
whichisincredible. It'sallovertheworld,except
the United States. There are hundreds of
laboratoriesdoingit,they'vegotpatentsallover
the place. The prototypes are on sale now ....
There are so many vested interest. There are
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only after each sample had been heated in a process that is believed to be induced in highly
high vacuum, in each case, the laws of physics deuterated Pd black crystals. In this theory, it is
require that this helium could not have diffused postulated that Cold Fusion is initiated through
fromanyoutsidesourceotherthanthePdmetal the formation of a Strongly Coupled Plasma
sample. ("SC-Plasma"), reminiscent of the SC-plasmas
that are found within stellar interiors. This
Alsobecauseheliumwasobservedonlyafterthe postulate is consistent with the assumption that
sample was heated to a relatively high a deuterium nuclear reaction is initiated in a
temperature, in each case, it must have been localized zone within a host solid, and it is
trappedwithinaninteriorlocationofthesample. indispensablethatthedeuteriumbetransformed
Because there is no known process that can coherentlyforatleastafewpicosecondsintoan
account forthediffusionofthelargeamountsof SC-plasma, which the authors refer to as a
helium into the interior locations of the various deuterium "coherent plasma" within the
samples at the levels that were measured, the solid-state. It is also postulated that this
only possible explanation for the helium being coherentsolid-stateplasmafusionisinitiated
trapped in this fashion is that it was trapped through a violent, localized vibration of the
withineachsampleafteritwasfirstproducedas lattice, which the authors refer to as a
the nuclear ash from an electrolytically induced "Latticequake." ThisLatticequakeisessentially
(Cold Fusion) deuterium nuclear reaction. accompaniedwithbothofanintenseelectromag-
netic turbulence and violently shaking electron
To understand these results, the authors have cloud under a many body effect in
constructed a theory, based upon a coherent coherent-state.
[Could be the formation of high-density charge
clusters. – Ed.]
Subscribe to the
Yoshiaki Arata, M.J.A., and Yue-Chang Zhang
Journal of New Energy
(Osaka Univ., Ibaraki, Osaka), "Helium (4He,
3He) within Deuterated Pd-Black," Proc. Japan
This journal is dedicated to advancing the cause of Acad., 73, Ser. B (1997); Infinite Energy, vol 2,
new-energy research and development by the rapid no 12, Jan-Feb 1997, pp 54.
printing of peer-reviewed articles by professionals in
thenew-energyfield.
AUTHORS' ABSTRACT
The JNE is abstracted by four abstracting agencies
Theauthorshaveclearlyprovenforthefirsttime
includingtheworld-widedeliveryofmonthlyabstracts
onCD/ROMbyChemicalAbstracts. thatdeuteriumnuclearreactionwascontinuously
generated inside a highly deuterated solid by
Some of the latest and most important articles pub- showing both the excess energy and
lished lately by JNE are Shoulders' high-density correspondingamountofheliumas the reaction
charge clusters, plasma-injected transmutation,
product generated simultaneously. Whenever
nucleartransmutationsincoldfusioncells,theRowe
thereisanuclearfusionreactioninsideametal,
Effect, and the Neal-Gleeson Process for the
ameliorationofradioactivity. helium generated is unable to escape to the
surroundings and is trapped in a frozen state
As the only peer-reviewed journal focusing solely on inside that metal. The concentration of the
newenergyresearchanddevelopment,JNEisamust helium within the metal will rise with increasing
forthosewhoareactiveinthesearchforcutting-edge
rateofreactions.Pd-blackisundersuchstateas
energy discoveries. The journal is published and
the sample used and sealed within the "closed
airmailed quarterly to subscribers for only $150 per
QMS" developed by the authors (closed vessel
year. Individualissues$45.
including the Getter pump and the QMS). It is
Published by Fusion Information Center, Inc. Edited completelyseparatedfromthesurroundingsand
byHalFoxwiththeassistanceofaneditorialboardof the internal gases are removed to create
peer-reviewers.
super-vacuum.Thereactionproductreleasedby
the "Sample-Heating" process (room temp.
1500°C)isthustheonlymatterwhichoccupies
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theinterioroftheclosedvesselanditsdetection Because, the helium (4He, 3He) was observed
by the QMS is assured. only after each sample had been heated in a
vacuum, in each case, the laws of physics
When the "closed QMS" works under the above require that this helium could not have diffused
mentioned-state,itwasclarifiedthatthe"ash"or fromanyoutsidesourceotherthanthePdmetal
thereactionproductofthisfusionreactionwithin sample.Alsobecauseheliumwasobservedonly
a solid is 4He and 3He and their ratio is 4He / after the sample was heated to a relatively high
3He~4. It can be concluded from the result that temperature, in each case, it must have been
themainreactionproductis4Heanditiscreated trappedwithinaninteriorlocationofthesample.
directly as an inherent feature of the solid-state Because there is no known process that can
nuclear fusion. Authors think that the reaction account forthediffusionofthelargeamountsof
process responsible for the creation of 3He may helium into the interior locations of the various
be a different one from that creates 4He. One of samples at the levels that were measured, the
whichistheRutherfordreactionprocessandthe only possible explanation for the helium being
other occurs based on the specific properties of trapped in this fashion is that it was trapped
solid, similar to the case of 4He. The existence withineachsampleafteritwasfirstproducedas
of 3T will be required that the process is thenuclear"ash"fromanelectrolyticallyinduced
responsible for the generation of 3He as the (Cold Fusion) deuterium nuclear reaction.
Rutherford reaction. The proof for the existence
of3Twithinthe"closedQMS",however,wasnot
obtained in this experiments.
Space Energy
Yoshiaki Arata and Yue-Chang Zhang (Osaka
Univ., Ibaraki, Osaka), "Solid-State Plasma
Fusion (Cold Fusion)," The High Temperature
Society, Special volume; vol 23, Jan. 1997; CREATION OF ENERGY & MATTER
Infinite Energy, vol 2, no 12, Jan-Feb 1997, pp
54. ParamahamsaTewari(Exec.Dir.,NuclearPower
Corp. of India, Ltd.), "Creation of Energy and
AUTHORS' ABSTRACT Cosmic Matter from the Universal Space
Substratum," Borderlands, vol 53, no 1 (1997),
Usingaquadrupolemassspectrometer("QMS"), pp 49-55, 6 refs, 7 figs, 1 table.
significantly large amounts of helium (4He/D 
2
(1~0.2) x 102, and 4He/3He 4, D : fuel, 4He, AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
2
3He: ash) were detected from deuterated
palladium samples that had produced large Theenergyinmatterisderivedfromthemedium
amounts of anomalous excess energy (200-500 of space which, in a dynamic state, is itself the
MJ/cm3)duringColdFusionexperiments(5000 most basic and primordial source of universal
hr.).Theheliumwasreleasedfromsamplesafter energy. The fundamental matter is identified to
theobservationofexcessenergy,andonlywhen the electron which is shown to be a "vortex of
each sample was heated to a high temperature space." The velocity of light, c, plays a broader
(1000°C) in a high vacuum (~3 x 10-9 Torr). role in the construction of the universe, in the
sense that the fluid substratum of space breaks
Ontheotherhand,asimultaneousmeasurement down in its flow when its speed reaches c. The
byanotherQMScaughtasignaloftheexistence basicequationsofclassical,aswellasquantum
of3He,while4Heoutnumbers3He.Incomparable physics, are derivable from the very "space-
measurements from non-deuterated samples, vortex" structure of the electron.
any helium and deuterium were not detected.
This means that there exist no Rutherford type Through a new system of rotating-electro-
as a main reaction of the deuterium nuclear magnet, electrical power at low dc voltage,
reaction within Pd host-solid, and an inherent
featureofsolid-statewithmuchvalencyelectron
cloud such as Pd presents a circumstance for a
new type of deuterium nuclear fusion reaction
which directly produces 4He as main reaction
product.
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and high dc currents, and in excess of the which appear as cosmic matter. The dynamics
total input given to the system, has been of space is the "cause" whereas, matter is the
generated, showing thereby, that "effect." Thefundamentalmatteristheelectron,
commercially viable electrical power whichisaspecificconfigurationofgravitational,
generation can be had in violation of the electric, and electromagnetic fields forming its
presently held concept of the "energy structure,anditistheinteractionsofthesefields
conservation law," within the domain of the that assemble, out of electrons, different
electromagnetic induction effects. particles, atoms, and cosmic matter as a whole.
The properties of space being "absolute" and
The substantial reality of the space medium of "nonmaterial,"thedetectionof"spatialreality"is
the solar system is proved by showing that the an elusive task, except through the process of
axial rotation of the planets and the sun are inference and experimental evidence of
associated with the "space vortices" around generationofelectricaloutputpowerinexcessof
these cosmic bodies, that produce between the the input.
sun and the planets electrical repulsive forces
also,whichalongwiththegravitationalattraction Lenz'sLaw,withintheelectromagneticinduction
and outward centrifugal force, determine the phenomenon, is equivalent to the "energy
orbital stability of the planets. conservation law" in mechanics and thermo-
dynamics. Since the experimental results
provide conclusive proof of partially bypassing
AUTHOR'S CONCLUSION Lenz's Law and consequent additional power
The medium of space is the only absolute entity
that, with inherent motion in it, exists as the
primordial dynamic substratum of the universe.
The most fundamental state of energy is the
"dynamicspace"intheformof"spacevortices,"
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production,itispossibletocommerciallyexploit two-thirdsoftheknownworldoilreserves." "The
this system of high efficiency space power U.S. has vast reserves of natural gas and
generation for low voltage, high current production second only to that of the former
applications that will also pave the way for self SovietUnion." "Conservationisstillanoptionto
motive engines in time to come. reduceU.S.dependenceoninsecuresourcesof
foreignoil." [Withtheimpendingdevelopmentof
new-energysystems,promotingconservationis
like asking a thirsty person not to drink water
Oil Energy when a huge rainstorm is approaching. Ed.]
Investment Bankers May be Setting
Themselves up to be Burned Again: "...there
is a growing concern that commercial and
EXTRACTS FROM GLOBAL ENERGY investment bankers may be setting themselves
OUTLOOK up to be burned again. ... Some energylenders
Courtesy of Gordon Moody, Publisher say that telltale signs of irrational exuberance is
cropping up in some oil patch deals." "In the
The following are selections from Moody's same May 26th issue ofBusiness Week, British
international publication Global Energy Outlook Petroleum is credited with having the highest
dated May 1997 (vol 2, number 5): rate of return on capital, followed by Exxon,
Mobile, Amoco, Chevron, and Texaco." [We
Editorial: "Attendees at the Offshore wonder what will happen to the return on capital
Technology Conference ... were more than when new-energy systems begin to proliferate.
pleasantly pleased with the aggressive Hopefully, the return on investments for those
attitude of the new U.S. Secretary of Energy, farsighted enough to invest in new-energy
companies will be far more that the current
Federico F. Peña. ... He proposes to increase
returns on investment in oil. Ed.]
domestic energy production through advanced
technologies in which government becomes a
partner, rather than the adversary." [Efforts are Oil Industry Expansion Attributed to Current
underwaytoproperlybriefSecretaryPeñaonthe Worldwide Growth in Demand for Oil: "Until
reality of new-energy technologies. Ed.] recently,worldwidedemandcouldbemetsimply
by turning on more taps to consume the excess
Inflationary Pressures Subdued in Spite of capacity of the worldwide [oil] industry. With
Full Employment: "The unemployment rate is excess world capacity now between two or
close to a record low of five percent." "The three percent, the industry must find new
shortage of workers is particularly acute in the sourcesofhydrocarbons." [Keepitcoming,oil
high-tech information and computer areas." industry, we will need it for chemical feedstocks
[Hopefully, there will soon be a strong demand for our children and our grandchildren. Ed.]
for new-energy workers. Ed.] "...the probability
of developing inflationary pressures is rising." Current Oil Market Slump no sure Indicator
"Foreignbankscurrentlyown62percentmoreof for Future Oil Demand Requirements:
U.S.debtthantheFederalReserve." "Crudeoil "Worldoildemand is currently growingbyabout
contributes to about one-third of the current two million barrels per day per year, requiring
trade deficit, estimated at about $173.8 another 10 million barrels production within five
billion. Nocorrective policiesare inplaceto years. Atthesametime,currentfieldsprovided
improve this situation." [New-energy today'sconsumptionarebeingdepletedatabout
two million barrels per day per year, requiring
technologieswillsoonbeavailabletoreduceour
dependence on the import of foreign crude oil. another ten million barrels production." [The
Ed.] demand for our new-energy systems certainly
U.S.ConsumersSpendHalfaTrillionDollars exists. Ed.]
on Energy Consumption: "Secretary Peña ...
addressed the conferees stating that U.S.
consumers spend more than $500 billion each
year on energy products." "All three previous
energy shocks were associated with conflicts
and unrest in the Middle East, which contains
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