Hot debate over cold fusion
by Roy Stemman
at this address: http://www.paranormalreview.com/articles/20100719
quotes:
Richard Milton, however, set the record straight, telling his audience at the SPR that contrary to popular belief, not only is cold fusion still being researched in many laboratories but some scientists are producing impressive results. "100 universities in 10 countries have reproduced it," he affirmed
It so happens that a few days before his lecture I had been reading a very detailed account of this research in the pages of Issue 2 (Jan-March 2010) of Edge Science, a quarterly magazine available online that is published by The Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE). I'm not going to go into too much detail because you can read it here, for free, along with two other issues – "Cold fusion: is vindication at hand?" (page 14).
http://www.scientificexploration.org/edgescience/
It deals in depth with an unclassified, eight-page, Defense Analysis Report on the topic, produced by the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and released in November last year. However, probably to avoid controversy, it refers to the phenomenon as "low-energy nuclear reactions" (LNER) rather than cold fusion.
The report reveals that researchers "are now claiming paradigm-shifting results, including generation of large amounts of excess heat, nuclear activity and transmutation of elements" adding, "Although no current theory exists to explain all the reported phenomena, some scientists now believe quantum-level nuclear reactions may be occurring. DIA assesses with high confidence that if LENR can produce nuclear-origin energy at room temperature, this disruptive technology could revolutionise energy production and storage, since nuclear reactions release millions of times more energy per unit mass than do any known chemical fuel."
The DIA says "Japan and Italy are leaders in the field, although Russia, China, Israel and India are devoting significant resources to this work in the hope of finding a new clean energy source." The United States is notably missing from this list, a side effect surely of the sceptical brigade.
