Demonstration Experiments on Nuclear Fusion in Solids Performed in Osaka University: Metallic Nanoparticles and Deuterium Used; and Helium Generation Confirmed
Translated from Japanese by John Bukacek
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (The Business and Technology Daily News)

May 23, 2008

On May 22, Yoshiaki Arata, Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, performed a public demonstration pertaining to nuclear fusion in solids. Deuterium gas with a purity of 100% was introduced into metallic nonoparticles, and helium generation and the release of thermal energy were confirmed. It is generally maintained that a super-high temperature of about 300,000,000°C is required for the thermal nuclear fusion of tritium. In this case, it is claimed that since the formation of helium was measured, there is a possibility that nuclear fusion occurred in solids at ambient temperature.

This experiment used nanoparticles of a zirconium oxide-palladium alloy. It is claimed that when deuterium gas is introduced into the alloy, it is simultaneously converted into helium. It is thought that when deuterium is introduced into the lattice of the alloy, it is simultaneously converted, but there are many things which are not understood in principle, such as the behavior of electron clouds and ions.

When helium is enclosed in the lattice of an alloy, it cannot be released to the outside without adding heat of several hundred degrees Celsius. The reproduction of samples becomes a challenge, since a saturated state results when deuterium is enclosed. It is also necessary to study other effective sample alloys. Professor Emeritus Arata says, “I would like to establish a laboratory,” in order to further corroborate nuclear fusion in solids.

[Photo caption: Osaka University Professor Emeritus Arata explaining the experiment.]

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