CFRL English News No. 45 (2002. 12. 20)
Cold Fusion Research Laboratory (Japan) Dr. Hideo Kozima, Director
E-mail address; cf-lab.kozima@pdx.edu
Website; http://web.pdx.edu/~pdx00210
(Back numbers of this News are posted on the above Website)
This is the CFRL News (in English) No. 45 for Cold Fusion researchers published by Dr. H. Kozima, now at the Physics Department and Low Energy Nuclear Laboratory, Portland State University, Oregon, USA.
CFP (Cold Fusion Phenomenon) stands for gnuclear reactions and accompanying events occurring in solids with high densities of hydrogen isotopes (H and/or D) in ambient radiation.h
This issue contains following items:
1) Proceedings of ICENES 2002 was
published
2) Program of TESMI Meeting (Italian CF Meeting)
1. Proceedings of ICENES 2002
The Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (29 September – 4 October, 2002, Sheraton Old Town Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) was published in December of this year and sent to attendants.
Table of Contents is posted on the webpage CFRL News No.45 of my Website:
http://web.pdx.edu/~pdx00210/News/CFRLEngNews/CFRLEN45.htm
and articles (with initial pages on the Proceedings) related with CFP are cited below.
1. Effects of Glow Discharge with Hydrogen Isotope Plasmas on Radioactivity of Uranium, by J. Dash (p. 122)
2. Cold Fusion Phenomenon and Its Application to Energy Production and Nuclear Waste Remediation, by H. Kozima (p. 237)
3. Low Energy Reaction Cell for Portable Power, by G.H. Miley (p. 354)
4. Exothermal Effect by Passing a Direct Current Through a Composite Conductor – Possible Nuclear Explanation, by J. Dufour (p. 367)
5. Theoretical Analysis of the Cold Fusion Process, by F. Frisone (p. 388)
Papers 1 and 2 are posted on the Website (Papers) as .pdf file.
Preface to the Proceedings by Thomas A. Mehlhorn (Program Chair, Sandia National Laboratories) is read as follows.
Greetings to the participants of ICENES 2002:
The
technical presentations at the 11th International Conference on
Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems and the papers contained in these proceedings
are an interesting microcosm reflecting the hopes, fears, and excitement that
surround the wide variety of nuclear energy options in existence at the
beginning of 21st century. While today fission reactors provide
substantial amounts of electricity around the globe, we find that this
contribution is likely to decline in many countries unless some major changes
in public perception and national policies are made. To avoid a decline,
leading to eventual cessation of fission reactors as an electricity producer in
the US, Vic Reis recommends that the US government extend the licenses of
existing reactors, open Yucca Mountain to receive nuclear waste, provide help
to industry with pre‑construction costs, and to execute and advanced fuel
initiative. Globally, public perception of nuclear energy in the post cold war
era is influenced by uncertainties in how to deal with the excess plutonium and
other radioactive legacies of the weapons race. Official policies need to be
developed that decide whether plutonium is the most dangerous substance on the
Earth and should be buried, or whether it represents an abundant energy source
that should be employed to the benefit of mankind.
"Sustainability"
is a concept that captures the linkage between many of the issues discussed in
these proceedings. Closing the nuclear fuel cycle will greatly extend global
energy reserves. However, the fuel cycle must address societal concerns about
environmental safety and nuclear proliferation. Accelerator-driven systems
continue to be advocated, both in Europe and the US to deal with safety,
proliferation, and waste storage issues. Advanced fission systems, including
high temperature gas-cooled reactors with pebble fuels, are also being studied
as an enhancement over existing light water reactors.
Fusion
energy continues to be a long-term hope for energy production. ITER, the
international magnetic fusion project, is regaining momentum as serious
proposals for siting the facility are being made, and the US fusion community
is recommending that we officially rejoin the project. Construction and
operation of ITER would represent a serious advance in magnetic fusion energy
research. On the inertial fusion side, while the US continues to construct NIF,
alternative concepts are being developed. Exciting new advances in z-pinch-driven
ICF make it an interesting alternative to laser fusion, as highlighted in Al
Romig's keynote address. The concept of fast ignition has gained widespread
interest, and could revolutionize both approaches. As noted in the paper by
John Nuckolls, economic power production may well require even more
revolutionary ideas if ICF is to be a viable concept. It is interesting to note
that neutrons from a developmental fusion reactor could be a valuable and
cost-effective source for transmuting nuclear waste from fission power plants.
The ultrahigh-intensity lasers required for fast ignition
can also be used to study some areas of nuclear physics and have been proposed
as possible waste transmutation systems using photonuclear reactions. A
workshop on modelling the physics involved in the generation, transport, and
deposition of fast electron and ions accelerated by these high intensity lasers
demonstrated the emerging challenges in understanding these processes.
Many other interesting
topics in nuclear energy are contained in these proceedings. Human space travel
within the solar system would greatly benefit from both more powerful nuclear
energy systems as well as more powerful, higher performance nuclear propulsion
systems. The same pulsed power systems that are being studied for 1CP energy
production are also being considered for creating a micro-fission version of
the Orion space propulsion concept. Self‑contained space nuclear power systems
can also have terrestrial applications in remote regions. Finally, the field of
low-energy nuclear reactions continues to be explored around the globe. Papers
describing the role of low energy nuclear reactions in modifications of
radioactive decay, in low-energy power cells and in powerful x-ray laser
emission are contained in these proceedings.
Finally, on behalf of the
organizing committee, I would like to thank the sponsors, presenters,
attendees, and all who contributed to the success of this conference. I look
forward to ICENES 2005 in Belgium.
Thomas
A. Mehlhorn, ICENES 2002 Program Chair (Sandia National Laboratories)
2. Program of TESMI Meeting (Italian CF Meeting)
The above Meeting as announced in this News No. 42 was held successfully in Lecce, Italy. F. Celani mailed me the Program of the Meeting (mainly in Italian) with a short comment.
From his comment, it seems the Meeting was attended by about twenty people and ten presentations out of about 15 were discussed in deep detail. For readersf convenience, I have translated Italian titles into English and posted them below with numbering for the papers according to the order of presentation. Please forgive me for possible mistakes in translation. (H.K)
PROGRAM of TESMI (Techniques
and Experiments in Metal-Hydrogen Isotopes Systems) Meeting
9.30-10.00 Opening
of Meeting
10.30-10.50
2. Theory of Mini-atom by E.
Conte, (Radioactivity Research Center - Bari.)
11.00-11.20 3. The Non-Euclidean Property of Space-time
and its Effects on Mini-atom Formation by U. Mastromatteo, (ST Microelectronics - Milan.)
11.20-12.00 Coffee
Break
12.00-12.20
4. Survey of 4He in
Cold Fusion Experiments. Simultaneous Production of Excess Enthalpy and 4He
during Electrolysis with Pd Cathodes and Heavy Water by A. De
Ninno, A. Frattolillo, (Frascati Research
Center, ENEA – Frascati.)
12.30-12.50 5. Analysis of Hydrogenated Films Irradiated with Excimer Laser Ray by M. Di Giulio, E. Filippo, D. Manno, V. Nassisi, A. Pedone, A. Lorusso, G. Buccolieri, D. Doria, (Physics Department, INFN, University of Lecce – Lecce)
13.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00-15.20 6.
Thermal and Surface Effects in Metal Hydrides by S. Focardi, (Department of Physics, University of Bologna – Bologna.)
15.30-15.50
7. Unexpected Detection of New
Elements, Sr and Hg, with ICP-MS, after Extended Electrolysis of Pd Thin Wire
with Electrolyte of Deuterated Ethyl-alcohol by F. Celani*, A. Spallone*, M. Nakamura**, A. Mancini#, (*National
Laboratory of Frascati, INFN – Frascati, **EURESYS – Roma, # ORIM -
Piediripa (Macerata))
16.00-16.20 8. Neutron, Polyneutron, Polyneutron Complex: LET (?), Alchemy, Chemistry by R.A. Monti, G. A. Cesarano-Monti, (T.E.S.R.E.-C.N.R. – Bologna)
16.30-16.50
9.
X-ray Emission and Isotopic Shift during Electrochemical Loading of Hydrogen and Deuterium in Palladium and
Nickel by V. Violante, C. Sibilia, (Frascati Research Center, ENEA – Frascati)
17.00-17.2010. Loading of Deuterium in Pd from Gas Phase at Low Temperature by F.
Scaramuzzi, (Frascati Research Center, ENEA
– Frascati)
17.30-17.50
11. Measurement of Specific Heat of
Pd-H System by L. Gamberale, D. Garbelli, G. Piana, (Pirelli
LABS, Materials Innovation Advanced Research – Milan)
9.30-9.50 12. Bulk Analysis of D-Pd and H-Pd Treated with Excimer Laser by A. Lorusso, V. Nassisi, (Department of Physics, INFN, University of Lecce – Lecce)
10.00-10.10
13.
Confirmation of Anomalous Hydrogen Generation by Plasma Electrolysis by T. Mizuno et al.
10.10-10.20 14. Relationship between Neutron Burst and Absorption
in a Palladium Electrode by Tadahiko Mizuno, Tadashi Akimoto, Tadayoshi
Ohmori(1), Akito Takahashi(2) and Francesco Celani(3), (Division of Quantum Energy
Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi
8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan, (1): Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido
University, Kita 11 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan, (2): Department of
Nuclear Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University,
2-1Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, (3): INFN-LNF, Via E. Fermi 40,
00044, Frascati, Roma, Italy)
10.20-12.00 Discussion
12.00 Closing