George H. Miley at NETS: “Let’s find out what’s there"

Source: Cold Fusion Now
Date: April 9, 2012
by: Ruby Carat

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Cold Fusion Now attended the Nuclear and Emerging Technology for Space NETS conference held in conjunction with the Lunar and Planetary Institute‘s meeting the week of March 19 in The Woodlands, Texas. It was a fortuitous stop to catch Session 462: Advanced Concepts: LENR, Anti-Matter, and New Physics [.pdf here].
Talks entitled Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum by Harry “Sonny” White and Project Icarus: Antimatter Catalyzed Fusion Propulsion for Interstellar Missions by R. K. Obousy, not to mention Y. E. Kim‘s Cryogenic Ignition of Deuteron Fusion in Micro/nano Scale Metal Particles, promised a worthwhile trip.

George H. Miley, Professor Emeritus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne UIUC was also scheduled to speak on A Game-Changing Power Source for Spacecraft [.pdf here], a talk outlining a LENR-based General Purpose Heating Source to replace the plutonium currently used in today’s Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators RTGs that provide heat and electricity to power science instruments on spacecraft.
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[Editor's Note: I just wanted to supplement the above excellent and already comprehensive article by Ruby Carat with some additional background information on the Patterson Cell mentioned.  The Patterson Cell did apparently produce over unity in various measurements but the inability to manufacture the microbeads used in the cell consistently prevented it from reaching the consumer market.  Also, both the inventor James Patterson and his grandson Jim Reding who formed Clean Energy Technologies together have since passed away.  Dr. George Miley worked with James Patterson and discovered that microbeads with a lot of defects in their coating rather than those with a smooth surface worked far better in trapping and collecting together hydrogen or deuterium nuclei to produce the desired nuclear active effect.

ABC News Documentary on the Patterson Cell from February 7, 1996


"Cold" Fusion Pioneer James Patterson's Quantum Heater

Mr. Rossi Goes to Market, Dr. Miley and Others Hope to Follow

Source: e-CAT Site
Date: 11/3/2011

Italian inventor Andrea Rossi continues with commercialization of his e-Cat (energy catalyzer).  In addition to the 1MW plant he tested and reportedly sold to an unnamed customer, he also reports already having sold two or more additional units.  He reports that these were to customers in the USA and Europe.  While he states that the new customers are not requesting the same level of secrecy, a certain amount of discretion will still be exercised, adding that eventually the identity of his customers will inevitably become apparent.  Mr. Rossi reports having production facilities in Bedford, NH and Miami, FL, and plans for the next year are to sell from 30 to 100 1MW cold fusion plants, at a cost of 2 million Euros or 2.8 million U.S. Dollars.  This information can be found on Mr. Rossi’s blog, Journal of Nuclear Physics.

While the Associated Press was present at the October 28th test of Mr., Rossi’s 1 MW cold fusion plant, they have yet to run a story covering the event.  Whether they are exercising prudence or something less noble remains to be seen.  AP reporter Peter Svensson, who was present at the test, has tweeted several times on the subject in response to inquiries about the event.  On Monday, October 31, Mr. Svensson tweeted “Sorry, I can’t tell you anything at this point.”  Later that day he tweeted again, stating “Sorry, we don’t comment on coverage plans.”  These rather cryptic tweets were followed yesterday by “All I can say is “stay tuned.”   For whatever reason the AP continues to keep this story under wraps,  in the end it may be inconsequential.  Other news outlets have begun to report on the story, from Fox News, CNN,  Forbes and Discovery News, to popular publications in such places as Sweden, Russia and Italy.  Perhaps the most balanced story I have seen on the subject so far was posted on the site of a U.S. Daily newspaper  Falls Church News Press of Falls Church, Virginia, which is about  10 miles outside of Washington, D.C.  I would strongly urge all readers to take a look at this article.

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