LENR experimental results by the SRI team 1989-2018; significance and reliability
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LENR experimental results by the SRI team 1989-2018; significance and reliability
In this retrospective talk from New Zealand, Michael McKubre surveys SRI’s LENR program (1989–2018), highlighting collaborators, sponsors, and core results. He recounts early excess-heat observations in palladium–deuterium systems, the development of resistance-ratio diagnostics for high loading, and SRI’s high-accuracy mass-flow calorimetry. McKubre reviews key replications and correlations, including helium-4 tracking excess energy in gas-loading experiments inspired by Les Case and the Arata double-structured cathode study where helium-3 from tritium decay provided strong nuclear evidence. He describes how Energetics Technologies’ “Superwave” enabled simultaneous high loading and sustained flux, discussing the role of metallurgical processes - shared cathodes with Vittorio Violante’s ENEA team. He also talks about phase-change (exploding-wire) calorimetry that showed prompt power bursts and first SRI indications of excess heat in nickel–hydrogen. Across sponsors from EPRI to DARPA and NRL, he argues that tritium/helium-3 production, heat–helium correlations, and reproducible high-loading protocols establish the effect’s significance while also arguing that to materials control and flux are levers that can be calibrated for reliability.
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