Michael McKubre and John Huizenga Duke it Out on ABC Nightline ("Cold Fusion" History)
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Michael McKubre and John Huizenga Duke it Out on ABC Nightline ("Cold Fusion" History)
Interviewer: “Now that doesn't mean that it's cold fusion as we traditionally think of it. It might be something that we can't begin to understand at this point. Is that right?”
McKubre: “Oh I think so. I think the name is unfortunate.... I think whatever is happening is not likely to be deuterium fusion in the heavy-water cells."
In this 1996 ABC Nightline segment, Dr. Michael McKubre of SRI International and Dr. John Huizenga, co-chair of the U.S. Department of Energy review panel on cold fusion, debate the credibility of the field. Huizenga reiterates his skepticism, arguing that cold fusion experiments fail tests of reproducibility and lack identifiable nuclear products. McKubre defends continued investigation, citing consistent reports of unexplained excess heat in palladium-deuterium systems and the lack of any theoretical barrier to nuclear processes in metal lattices. The exchange shows the schism between mainstream skepticism and experimental persistence in investigating anomalous phenomena that characterized the early years of cold fusion research and lingers thereafter.
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