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To: David Rice Msg #32, Jan-14-94 04:14AM
Subject: Arthur Clarke and Cold Fusion
From: 72240.1256@CompuServe.COM (Jed Rothwell)
To:
Date: 13 Jan 94 12:44:59 EST
To: >INTERNET:David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
I noticed a comment of yours the tail end of an e-mail discussion titled
"Arthur C. Clarke believes in Cold Fusion." I don't know where you stand on
this issue, because I missed the rest of the debate, but in any case, I
thought you would be interested in hearing that Clarke does, very definitely,
believe that the so-called "cold fusion" or Pons-Fleischmann Effect exists.
Here is part of a fax that Clarke sent to Rep. George E. Brown, on April
2, 1992:
"...YOU DOUBTLESS RECALL THE FUROR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT 'COLD
FUSION', WHICH AFTER THE INITIAL EXCITEMENT WAS WRITTEN OFF AS BAD
SCIENCE AND WORSE PUBLICITY. I BELIEVED SO MYSELF - BUT RECENT EVENTS
HAVE FORCED ME TO CHANGE MY MIND.
More [Y,n,=]? = DOZENS OF COMPETENT RESEARCHERS, NOTABLY IN JAPAN, HAVE NOW REPORTED
ANOMALOUS PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, AND HAVE PUBLISHED THEIR RESULTS. THERE
CAN BE NO LONGER ANY REAL DOUBT THAT _SOMETHING_ IS HAPPENING. IT MAY
NOT ACTUALLY BE 'COLD FUSION' BUT FOR THE MOMENT, THAT LABEL WILL DO."
He also delivered an address on this subject, titled "2001: The Coming Age of
Hydrogen Power," to the Pacific Area Senior Officer Logistics Seminar (PASOLS)
on March 22, 1993 at the Hilton Hotel, Colombo. The audience included Adm.
Larson, Commander In Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Lt. Gen. Stackpole of the
Marines, and leading officers of the military forces from many other
countries, including Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, the Philippines,
Sri Lanka, and others.
Clarke is not the only scientist who believes in cold fusion. Attached is a
list of scientific organizations and corporations which were performing
research and development in this area as of October 1992. The list is
considerably longer today.
- Jed Rothwell
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Cold Fusion Research Advocates
2060 Peachtree Industrial Court, Suite 313
Chamblee, Georgia 30341
Phone: 404-451-9890 Fax: 404-458-2404
November 10, 1992
Statistics from the Third International Conference on Cold Fusion:
The "Nagoya Conference"
This data was compiled from Frontiers of Cold Fusion; Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Cold
Fusion, Nagoya, 1992, ed. H. Ikegami (Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, 1993).
Total number of Nagoya conference participants: 324
Participation by Country:
Canada 2
China 11
France 5
Germany 2
India 1
Italy 20
Japan 203
Korea 1
ROC 4
Russia 12
Spain 2
Switzerland 2
UK 2
Ukraine 2
USA 55
The Nagoya conference was sponsored by seven prestigious Japanese
scientific societies:
The Physical Society of Japan
The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
The Chemical Society of Japan
The Electrochemical Society of Japan
The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research
Support by the equivalent U.S. organizations for a meeting on cold fusion would
be utterly unthinkable. Additional sponsors included:
Aichi Prefectural Government
Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan
Godo Steel Ltd.
Kuboto Corporation
Kyoei Steel Ltd.
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Mitsubishi Steel MFG, Co., Ltd.
Nagoya City Hall
Nakatomi Satoshi
Niki Glass Co., Ltd.
Nippon Steel Corporation
NKK Corporation
Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
Ohyo Koken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
R-DEC Co., Ltd.
Seiko EG&G Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
The Federation of Electric Power Companies
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
The Tokyo Club
Toho Sanso Co., Ltd
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd Fundamental Technology Research Laboratory
Topy Industries, Ltd.
Toshiba Corporation
ULVAC Japan Ltd.
The conference was dominated by Japanese participation. Over 203 Japanese
scientists, engineers, and industrialists attended. Next in order of
representation were the U.S. (55), Italy (20), Russia (12), and China (11).
Well
known and little-known Japanese companies attended:
Air Liquide Lab
Aisin Newhard Co., Ltd.
Aisin AW Co.
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
Asahi Glass Company
Chlorine Engineers Corporation
Chubu Electric Power Company
Cogema, Japan
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Electrotechnical Laboratory
Equos Research Co., Ltd.
Fuji Electric
Hitachi, Ltd. (Nuclear Power Systems Division)
Honda R&D Company
Horiba, Ltd.
IMRA Japan
IMRA Material R&D Co.
Japan Development Bank
JGC Corporation (Nuclear Advanced Technology Division)
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Mitsubishi Atomic Power Industries, Inc.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Mitsubishi Research Institute
N.E. Chemcat Corporation
Nippon Steel Corporation
NKK Co.
NTT Basic Research Laboratories
NTT LSI Laboratories
Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.
Osaka Gas Company
Owners Engineers Co.
Permelec Electrode Ltd.
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation
Sanwa Research Corporation
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Tanaka Precious Metals
Technova, Inc.
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Tokyo Gas
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota Central Research and Development Labs
Toyota Motor Company
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
A large number of Japanese universities were represented:
Aoyama Gakuin University
Chubu University
Chuo University
Ehime University
Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Hokkaido University
Iwate University
Kinki University
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
Meiji University
Musashi Institute of Technology
Nagoya University
Nagoya University (Plasma Science Center)
Nippon Bunri University
Osaka Institute of Technology
Osaka University
Osaka City University
Ritsumeikan University
Shizuoka University
Tohoku University (Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center)
Tohoku University (Institute for Materials Research)
Tohoku University (Laboratory for Nuclear Science)
Tokai University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo National College of Technology
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tsukuba University
University of Osaka Prefecture
University of Tokyo (Meson Science Laboratory)
University of Tokyo (Dept. of Nuclear Engineering)
Utsunomiya University
Waseda University
Yokohama National University
Other Japanese Institutions and Agencies represented were:
Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
Biological and Agricultural Research Institute
Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry
Institute of Applied Energy
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
MITI (Electric Power Technology Division)
National Institute for Fusion Science
National Laboratory for High Energy Physics
New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (Investment Research Dept.)
Osaka Science and Technology Center
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Tokushima Research Center
Fifteen of the corporations are members of the Ministry of International Trade
and Industry's cold fusion R&D consortium. They are:
Chubu Electric Power
Hitachi
Toshiba
Fuji Electric
Mitsubishi
NKK
Kyushu Electric Power
Nippon Steel
Tokyo Electric Power
Tokyo Gas
Osaka Gas
NTT
Aisin Seiki (a subsidiary of Toyota)
Kepco Power
Mitsubishi Materials
