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U.S. Department of Energy

Report on Cold Fusion

Released Dec. 1, 2004

"While significant progress has been made in the sophistication of calorimeters since the review of this subject in 1989, the conclusions reached by the reviewers today are similar to those found in the 1989 review."

DOE Pages

• Report of the Review of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (http://www.science.doe.gov/Sub/Newsroom/News_Releases/DOE-SC/2004/low_energy/index.htm) DOE intro page.
  • Report of the Review of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (http://www.science.doe.gov/Sub/Newsroom/News_Releases/DOE-SC/2004/low_energy/CF_Final_120104.pdf) (PDF)
  • New Physical Effects in Metal Deuterides (http://www.science.doe.gov/Sub/Newsroom/News_Releases/DOE-SC/2004/low_energy/Appendix_1.pdf) (PDF) - Review document submitted by requesters
  • Charge Letter to Reviewers (http://www.science.doe.gov/Sub/Newsroom/News_Releases/DOE-SC/2004/low_energy/CF_Appendix_2.pdf)

The DoE did not officially release the 18 anonymous reviews the report was based on, but a copy was circulated and it has been uploaded here: http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/DoeReview.htm

News Reports on DOE Report

• Opinion > Rethinking Cold Fusion Zeal -- Is it Warranted? (http://pesn.com/2004/12/02/6900056_Rethinking_Cold_Fusion_Zeal/) - The fact that various cold fusion phenomenon are scientifically reproducible has been well established. What is not established is that cold fusion has the potential of delivering significant usable energy in a cost-effective manner. Should we be so adamant about promoting it? (PESN; Dec. 2)
• Evidence on Cold Fusion Remains Inconclusive, New Review Finds (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/science/02fusion.html?oref=login) - Two-thirds of the reviewers did not find the evidence for nuclear reactions in the experiments convincing. Almost all of them, however, said that aspects of cold fusion merited consideration for further research. (NY Times; Dec. 2)

• DOE Report on Cold Fusion (http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/12/01/2325237.shtml?tid=126&tid=14) - looks like there is nothing really new since Pons & Fleischmann in 1989 (Slashdot; Dec. 1, 2004). First to break the story.

• Directory > Google News > Cold+Fusion+DOE (http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=cold+fusion+DOE)

Comment

Comment on 2004 DOE Review: One important departure from past U.S. DOE policy in regards to cold fusion is that the DOE stated in the 12/1/04 report that they are now open to funding specific experiments proposed to research the cold fusion phenomenon. This is an important door that has been opened to cold fusion researchers.

Many leading cold fusion researchers disagree with this statement, because the door was apparently slammed shut in their faces a few weeks after the DoE Review was released. When Dr. Melvin Miles applied for a research grant, his application was summarily rejected, without even submitting it for peer-review. See: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/LENRCANRthedoelies.pdf

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