Re: NUKE
I have done more technical DD. I don't know squat about the ins and outs of trading, but I have been working in technology for 20 years & can contribute by debunking or verifying the technologies that I understand.
Things look good. Here is what I could find.
First the hyperlinks for the scientists mentioned on the web page:
padrak.com
aries.ucsd.edu
ds5ecn.ecn.missouri.edu
flux.aps.org
nsr.mij.mrs.org
ne.uiuc.edu
aries.ucsd.edu
flux.aps.org
aries.ucsd.edu
aries.ucsd.edu
skypoint.com
skypoint.com
iptsg.epfl.ch
aries.ucsd.edu
positron.aps.org
positron.aps.org
btwebsh.macarthur.uws.edu.au
nsr.mij.mrs.org
aps.org
Next, abstracts of recent papers that are not amenable to linking:
Direct Conversion of Nuclear Energy Using Fluorescence and Narrow-Band Photocells
P.I.: Mark A. Prelas
Co-P.I.: Jon Meese, Joe Charlson, Elaine Charlson (ECE)
Res. Prof: Dr. Galina Popovici (NE)
Assistants: X. He, S. Khawiwinah, S. Lin
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Research Office
Dates: December 1, 1990, to September 30, 1995
Amount: $900,000+
A conceptual remote power technology, which converts the energy emitted from nuclear fuel to electrical energy without intermediate thermalization of the
high-grade ion energy, is being investigated. The potential efficiency for this process alone is 40%, nuclear energy to electrical energy. And, if combined with
high temperature thermionic conversion, the nuclear to electrical energy conversion efficiency is 72%. These efficiencies compare to 30 to 40% for the
common steam cycle in which nuclear energy is converted to electrical energy with intermediate thermalization. The key to the process is to first convert the
high-grade ion energy to photon energy which can then be directly converted to electrical energy. We term this new process Photon-Intermediate Direct
Energy Conversion (PIDEC). PIDEC is usable with nuclear fuel, ion-producing plasma (hot) and solid-state (cold) fusion reactions, and nuclear fuel, as well as
thermal fission. In addition to improved efficiency, the PIDEC process also promises advantages in volume, mass, and cost of the energy conversion hardware.
For application of the PIDEC process with fissile materials, the material can be gaseous or solid. Solid fissile material can take the form of an aerosol of fissile
microspheres, thin fibers, or thin films with scale lengths significantly shorter than the range of the fission fragments dispersed in a fluorescer gas. In the first step
of the process, the nuclear energy is transported to the fluorescer gas which converts it into photons. Then, in the second step of the process, the photons are
transported out of the reactor core to high bandgap photovoltaics which efficiently convert the photon energy to electricity. Efficient production of excimer
(non self-absorbing) fluorescers by ions has been demonstrated, but no high bandgap photovoltaics exist at this time. However, several materials--such as
diamond, aluminum nitride, and PtSi--with bandgaps that match the energy of the photons emitted by excimer fluorescers do exist. In a four year study, a
bench-top excimer fluorescence source has been studied.
This is crap! I have worked a lot in this technology (nuclear batteries -- I have even built one) and it is clear that they do not know what they are are talking about or what the issues are.
Fall 1995 MRS Meeting
SYMPOSIUM DD
DIAMOND FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
November 27 - 30, 1995
DD4.26 THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FILMS, Salim A. Khasawinah, The University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO; Galina Popovici, Rockford Diamond, Champaign, IL; Mark Prelas, The University of Missouri-Columbia, MO; and John Farmer, MURR,
Columbia, MO.
Spring 1997 MRS Meeting.
SYMPOSIUM D
Gallium Nitride and Related Materials
April 1 - 4, 1997
IMPURITY CONTAMINATION OF GaN EPITAXIAL FILMS FROM THE SAPPHIRE, SiC AND ZnO SUBSTRATES, Galina Popovici, W. Kim, A.
Botchkarev, H. Tang, H. Morkoc, Univ of Illinois-Urbana, Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, USA.
D3.13
RAMAN SCATTERING AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF Mg DOPED GaN FILMS GROWN BY MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY, Galina
Popovici, W. Kim, A. Botchkarev, H. Tang, Univ of Illinois-Urbana, Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, USA; A. Salvador, Univ of Illinois-Urbana,
Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, IL; F. Handani, G. Xu, L. Zhou, Univ of Illinois-Urbana, Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, IL.
IMPURITY CONTAMINATION OF GaN EPITAXIAL FILMS FROM THE SAPPHIRE, SiC AND ZnO SUBSTRATES, Galina Popovici, W. Kim, A.
Botchkarev, H. Tang, H. Morkoc, Univ of Illinois-Urbana, Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, USA.
Spring MRS Meeting 1995
SYMPOSIUM B
DEFECT AND IMPURITY ENGINEERED
SEMICONDUCTORS AND DEVICES
April 17 - 21, 1995
B7.4 DIFFUSION OF LITHIUM OXYGEN AND BORON IN TYPE IIA NATURAL DIAMOND, Galina Popovici, T. Sung, M.A. Prelas, S.
Khasawinah, University of Missouri, Nuclear Engineering Department, Columbia, MO; and R.G. Wilson, Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA.
Discussion: Popovici has a lot of papers in the high-bandgap materials arena. Many of these are co-authored with Morkoc who is highly respected. In fact, Morkoc was one of the first to realize that gallium nitride was a coming technology in '91 ( I was there too, but was in the audience).
Heinrich Hora seems to be more of a nuclear guy.
Heinrich Hora (School of Physics, U. of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia), Jak C. Kelly, James A. Patterson (CETI, Sarasota FL, 34234,
USA)
The state of protons in host metals is described as a Maxwellian gas whose very energetic part (>2eV) causes long range (1-3pm) nuclear reactions similar to
electron capture. This is determined by a power law derived from hot and myonic fusion. (Hora, Kelly, et al. Phys. Letters A175, 138 (1993)) The
reproducible measurement of nuclear transmutations (Miley, Narne, et al. Progress in New Hydrogen Energy, p670, New Energy and Indus. Tech., Tokyo,
1997)) leads to an exponential decay of the transmutation probability N(Z) on the atomic number Z. This purely empirical result shows maxima at the magic
numbers of the nuclei with exception of Z=20. A ratio of probabilities with the measured increment Z'-10 leads to a sequence 3^n for the magic numbers. The
basis 3 is compared with the quark multiplicity. The physics is related to a surface or interface process and is expected for large scale low cost elimination of
long-lived nuclear waste and plutonium. (Hora, Patterson, Trans. Am. Nuclear Soc. 76, 144 (1997))
George Miley also looks OK, lots of publications in the technology see the hyperlinks.
Now, what bothers me is the news today -- $200,000 is chump change in these technologies. A single diamond deposition machine will suck up 200K easily. Plus, a single researcher's time for a small company should be valued near 200K per year. What do you think they need, a high quality developer or high quality equipment? If this company is to succeed, they will need a large infusion of cash or they should play the SBIR game until they are ready to deal with the big boys.
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