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,
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,
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,
1:30 “Overview of BARC Studies in Cold Fusion”
P.K. lyengar and M. Srinivasan, Atomic Energy Commission,
2:15 “Experimental Considerations in
Electrochemical Isoperibolic Calorimetry” T.M. Gur, M. Schreiber, G. Lucier,
J.A. Ferrante, J. Chao* and R.A. Huggins,
2:35 “Theoretical Ideas on Cold Fusion” G.
Preparata,
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
Session Chair: J. Brophy,
7:30 “Nuclear Energy in an Atomic Lattice” J.
Schwinger, Nobel Laureate UCLA
8:15 Adjourn
Friday. March 30. 1990
Session Chair: R. Huggins,
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,
9:00 “A Study of Electrolytic Tritium Production”
E. Storms and C. Talcott,
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,
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,
1:30 “Cold Nuclear Fusion in Condensed Matter:
Recent Results and Open Questions” (Paper not submitted) S. Jones,
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,
“Surface Reaction Mechanism and Lepton Screening
for Cold Fusion with Electrolysis” V.E. Kim,
3:30 Bleak
3:40 “On Aspects of Nuclear Products” G.H. Miley,
M.H, Ragheb and H. Hora,
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,
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
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
Hosted by Leucadia
National Corporation
Dessert provided by Mrs. Fields Cookies, Home
office located in
Session Chair: S. Jones,
7:30 “High-Sensitivity Measurements of Neutron
Emission from Ti Metal in Pressurized D2 Gas” H. Menlove,
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,
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,
1:20 “On Empirical System ID, Possible External
Electromagnetic/Electronuclear
Stimulation/Actuation and Automatic Feedback
Control of Cold Fusion” R.W. Bass,
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,
“A New Theoretical Model (Nu-aq for Rationalizing Various Events of "Cold
Fusion" In Deuterium Loaded Palladium
Cathodes” G. Andermann,
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.
3:05 “Electrochemical Calorimetric Studies of the
Cold Fusion Effect” M.H. Miles,
3:25 “Thoughts on Warm Fusion vs. Cold Fusion”
Y.-C. Cheng, W-Y.P. Hwang,
and S.N. Yang,
3:45 “An Overview of Cold Fusion Phenomena” M.
Fleischmann, University of Utah/NCFI