Regarding the term "cold fusion"
In the years since this book completed, the term "low energy nuclear reaction" has shown to be a more accurate and optimal representation for these effects than the term "cold fusion." The reported anomalies may eventually turn out to be the result not of a fusion process, but of some other previously unrecognized nuclear process or processes. Please refer to "Frequently Asked Questions" for further explanation.

Page 9, How Cold Fusion Works
The text states that the displayed model is the "most widely accepted model." A significant amount of disagreement has been stated from theorists in Japan who do not support the two-deuteron theory but, instead, postulate that clusters of deuterons are the likely explanation for cold fusion, or at least certain aspects of cold fusion. As mentioned, the term "cold fusion" is used here in the general sense, to describe what are more accurately identified as Low Energy Nuclear Reactions.

Page 14, Differences between hot and cold fusion
Akito Takahashi pointed out that hot fusion also generates radioactive waste, which we failed to mention as another difference between hot and cold fusion. "Hot fusion has serious long-lived radioactive waste (first wall and blanket) and remains hot for hundreds to thousands of years," Takahashi said, referring to the Tokamak reactors.

Page 29, Nuclear Fission: A Mixed Blessing
The statement that there were "thousands of injuries" from radiation from the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island power plant is incorrect. The event however, cost a billion dollars to clean up. Also, the Chernobyl event was not a chemical explosion; it was a nuclear chain reaction.

Page 171, Reproducibility versus repeatability
Subsequent to this publication of this book, a distinction has been identified between repeatable and reproducible. Repeatable: Researcher A can obtain the expected result from his or her experiment every time he or she makes an attempt. Reproducible: Researcher B can obtain the same result from his or her replication of researcher A's experiment.

Consequently, much of the discussions throughout the book including the survey on page 171 involving the term reproducibility, are referring to repeatability.

Background to University of Utah Press Conference: Chase Peterson's explanation about the events leading up to the March 23, 1989 press conference, his response/corrections to "The Rebirth of Cold Fusion."