BREMSSTRAHLUNG-RELATIVE ROLE IN HOT AND COLD FUSION AND IMPACT UPON POTENTIAL ISOTOPIC FUELS

摘要

Unlike hot fusion or plasma systems, bremsstrahlung radiation in cold fusion systems cannot dissipate fusion power through production of penetrating radiation.The bremsstrahlung radiant power from cold fusion differs from hot fusion in being markedly lower in intensity, with an output spectrum in the near infrared. The cold fusion bremsstrahlung power density, relative to input power, falls from 0.05-0.28 (hot fusion) to only 1.4-8.1×10~-10 for cold fusion. The delivered x-ray radiation dose (at 1 meter)decreases from 3.1×10~19 Grays (hot fusion) to 1.4-3.3×10~-4 Grays for cold fusion. These calculations are consistent with the relative absence of apparent ionizing emissions from cold fusion systems for both nickel-light water and palladium-heavy water systems.