PROGRAM

Wednesday. March 28. 1990

7:00 p.m. REGISTRATION and RECEPTION

9:00 p.m.

Thursday. March 29. 1990

7:00-8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION

8:30 OPENING COMMENTS

F.G. Will, Director

H. Rossi, Conference Chair, National Cold Fusion Institute (NCFI)

WELCOME

I. Cummlng

Chair, Board of Trustees, NCFI,

Session Chair: H. Rossi, University of Utah/NCFI

8:45 “Calorimetry of the Palladium-Deuterium Systems” S. Pons and M. Fleischmann, University of Utah/NCFI

9:30 “Calorimetry and Electrochemistry in the D/Pd System” M.C.H. McKubre, R.C. Rocha-Filho, S. Smedley, F. Tanzella, *J. Chao, *B. Chexal, *T. Passell, and *J. Santucci, Stanford Research Institute, *Electric Power Research Institute

10:00 “Anomalous Calorimetric Results During Long-Term Evolution of Deuterium on Palladium from Alkaline Deuteroxide Electrolyte” A.J. Appleby, Y.J. Kim, O.J. Murphy, and S. Srinivasan, Texas A& M University

10:30 Break

10:40 “Initial Calorimetry Experiments in the Physics Division at ORNL” (Paper not submitted) D.P. Hutchinson, C.A. Bennett, R.K. Richards, J. Bullock IV, and G.L. Powell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

11:00 “Recent Measurements of Excess Energy Production in Electrochemical Cells Containing Heavy Water and Palladium” M. Schreiber, T.M. Gur, G. Lucier, J.A. Ferrante, J. Chao* and R.A. Huggins, Stanford University, *Electric Power Research Institute

11:20 “Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study of Palladium/Hydrogen Interactions” G.T. Cheek and W.E. O'Grady, Naval Research Laboratories

11:40 “Investigation of Nuclear Processes in Deuterated Metals” (Paper not submitted) J. Santucci, Electric Power Research Institute

12:00 Lunch Break

Session Chair: J. O'M. Bockris, Texas A&M University

1:30 “Overview of BARC Studies in Cold Fusion” P.K. lyengar and M. Srinivasan, Atomic Energy Commission, Bombay, India

2:15 “Experimental Considerations in Electrochemical Isoperibolic Calorimetry” T.M. Gur, M. Schreiber, G. Lucier, J.A. Ferrante, J. Chao* and R.A. Huggins, Stanford University, *Electric Power Research Institute

2:35 “Theoretical Ideas on Cold Fusion” G. Preparata, University of Milan, Italy

3:20 “Status of Coherent Fusion Theory” P. L. Hagelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:40 “Quantum Mechanics of "Cold" and "Not-So-Cold" Fusion” S.R. Chubb and T.A. Chubb, Naval Research Laboratories

4:00 Dinner Break

4:15-6:00 Guided Tours of National Cold Fusion Institute (sign-up sheets at the conference registration desk) (walk east of hotel five minutes to 390 Wakara Way)

Session Chair: J. Brophy, University of Utah

7:30 “Nuclear Energy in an Atomic Lattice” J. Schwinger, Nobel Laureate UCLA

8:15 Adjourn

Friday. March 30. 1990

Session Chair: R. Huggins, Stanford University

8:15 a.m. “Does Tritium Form at Electrodes by Nuclear Reactions?” J. O'M. Bockris, G.H. Lin, R.C. Kainthla, N.J.C. Packham, and 0. Velev, Texas A&M University

9:00 “A Study of Electrolytic Tritium Production” E. Storms and C. Talcott, Los Alamos National Laboratory

9:45 “The Initiation of Excess Power and Possible Products of Nuclear

Interactions During the Electrolysis of Heavy Water” C.D. Scott, J.E. Mrochek, T.C. Scott, G.E. Michaels E. Newman, and M. Petek, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:30 Panel Discussion - Thermal Phenomena

F.G. WiII, Moderator, J. O'M. Bockris, M. Fleischmann, R. Huggins, M. McKubre, S. Pans, E. Yeager

11:30 Lunch Break

Session Chair: H. Menlove, Texas A&M University

1:30 “Cold Nuclear Fusion in Condensed Matter: Recent Results and Open Questions” (Paper not submitted) S. Jones, Brigham Young University

2:05 “Search for Nuclear Phenomena by the Interaction between Titanium and

Deuterium” F. Scaramuzzi, F. D'Amato, A. De Ninno, P. Zeppa, C. Pontorieri, F. Lanza, ENEA, Rome, Italy

2:15 “Statistical Analysis of Neutron Emission in Cold Fusion Experiments” M, Srinivasan, A. Shyam, S.B. Degwekar, and L.V. Kulkarni, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bornbay, India

3:00 “The Effect of Velocity Distribution and Electron Screening on Cold Fusion” R.A. Rice, G.S. Chulick, and Y.E. Kim, Purdue University

“Surface Reaction Mechanism and Lepton Screening for Cold Fusion with Electrolysis” V.E. Kim, Purdue University

3:30 Bleak

3:40 “On Aspects of Nuclear Products” G.H. Miley, M.H, Ragheb and H. Hora, University of Illinois

4:00 “Isotopic Mass Shifts in Cathodically-Driven Palladium via Neutron Transfer Suggested by a Transmission Resonance Model to Explicate Enhanced Fusion

Phenomena (Hot and Cold) within a Deuterated Matrix” R.T. Bush, California State Polytechnic University

4:20 “A Zero Gradient Calorimeter for the Measurement of Anomalous Heat from the Electrolysis of Deuterated Metals” L.J. Droege and T.F. Droege, BlacK Hawk, CO and Batavia, IL

4:40 “Electric Field Distribution of the Palladium Crystal Lattice” K.J. Bunch and R.W. Grow, University of Utah/NCFI

5:00 Session Adjourns

6:00-7:30 Buffet Reception

Remarks by the Governor of Utah, The Honorable Norman S. Bangerter

Hosted by Leucadia National Corporation

Dessert provided by Mrs. Fields Cookies, Home office located in Park City, Utah

Session Chair: S. Jones, Brigham Young University

7:30 “High-Sensitivity Measurements of Neutron Emission from Ti Metal in Pressurized D₂ Gas” H. Menlove, Los Alamos National Laboratory

8:15 “Technical Status of Cold Fusion Results” D. Worledge, EPRI

8:35 Adjourn

Saturday. March 31. 1990

Session Chair: M. Fleischmann, University of Utah/NCFI

8:15 a.m. “Tritium Measurements and Deuterium Loading In D20 Electrolysis with a Palladium Cathode” R.R. Adzic, D. Gervasio, I. Bae, B. Cahan and E. Yeager, Case Western Reserve University

9:00 “Anomalies in the Surface Analysis of Deuterated Palladium” D. Rolison, W.E. O'Grady, R.J. Doyle, Jr., and P.P. Tizaskoma, Naval Research Laboratories

9:45 “Anomalous Effects of Deuterated Metals” (Scheduled but not presented) T. Schneider, EPRI

10:30 Panel Discussion - Nuclear Phenomena

H. Rossr, Moderator, J. O'M. Bockris, S. Jones, T. Schneider, C.D. Scott, E. Storms, N. Hoffman

11:30 Lunch Break

Session Chair: E.B. Yeager, Case Western University

1:20 “On Empirical System ID, Possible External Electromagnetic/Electronuclear

Stimulation/Actuation and Automatic Feedback Control of Cold Fusion” R.W. Bass, Thousand Oaks, CA

1:40 “An Investigation of Cold Fusion in This Titanium Films” (Paper not submitted) G. Chambers, G. Hubler, and K. Grabowski, Naval Research Laboratory

“Reformulation of the Cold Fusion Problem: Heterogeneous Nucleation - A

Likely Cause of the Irreproducibility and intermittency of Cold Fusion Observations” P.H. Handel, University of Missouri

“A New Theoretical Model (Nu-aq for Rationalizing Various Events of "Cold

Fusion" In Deuterium Loaded Palladium Cathodes” G. Andermann, University of Hawaii

2:00 “Some Observations Related to the Presence of Hydrogen and Deuterium in Palladium” D.R. Coupland, M.L. Doyle, J.W. Jenkins, J.H.F. Notton, R.J. Potter, and D.J. Thompson, Johnson-Matthey Technology Centre

2:20 “Three Dimensional Computer Simulation of an Isoperibolic Calorimeter for Cold Fusion Experiments” J. Chao*, W. Layman", C.M. Kang, T.M. Giir, M. Schreiber, R. Huggins, G. Lucier, and J. Ferrante, Stanford University *Electric Power Research Institute

2:40 Bleak

Session Chair: F.G. Will, NCFI

2:45 “Metallurgical Aspects In Cold Fusion Experiments” S. Gunrswamy and M.E. Wadsworth, University of Utah/NCFI

3:05 “Electrochemical Calorimetric Studies of the Cold Fusion Effect” M.H. Miles, K.H. Park and D.E. Stilwell, Naval Weapons Center

3:25 “Thoughts on Warm Fusion vs. Cold Fusion” Y.-C. Cheng, W-Y.P. Hwang, and S.N. Yang, National Taiwan University

3:45 “An Overview of Cold Fusion Phenomena” M. Fleischmann, University of Utah/NCFI