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This morning's issue of the Wall Street Journal carries an article
which indicates that scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory
has *tentatively* [ my emphasis ] confirmed the discovery of room temperature
fusion by Jones, Palmer, et.al. at Brigham Young.

"We're not absolutely certain" ... but they detected fusion generated 
neutrons that are consistent with the Brigham Young result.
[ the Brigham Young group claims results that are significantly more
  modest than those claimed by Pons and Fleischmann... ]

This represents the first reported U.S. confirmation of the cold 
fusion phenomenon;  Csikai and Sztaricskai at Debrecen (Hungary) 
reported that they reproduced the phenomenon on 31 March 1989.
To date, no US laboratories have reported replication of the more
controversial Fleischmann-Ponds experiment.
A researcher at Lawrence Berkeley Labs says that if the finding is
confirmed "It would be the most significant discovery since fire."
(of course the local news media will report it in their "Money" segment
 and complain that it might put a few people out of work :-)

The Fleischmann-Ponds experiment remains controversial, and a good many
reputable scientists are skeptical;  one is quoted as saying:
	"Who knows, maybe Pons and Fleischmann have invented 
	 the worlds most interesting battery"

The Wall Street Journal article is *must* reading (on page B4).


--Emmett
	J.E.Black; GE Research/K1-3C26; Schenectady, NY 12345
	blackje@crd.ge.com;   ...!uunet!steinmetz!crd!blackje