Jed wrote
*As far as I know, the NRC has no such authority. Their role is spelled out here, and it does not mention anything like that:* * * *http://nrc.gov/* * * *This is not a James Bond outfit. Also, they have no powers to arrest people or enforce anything. The only thing they can do is close down a conventional nuclear power plant.* * * If someone can convert a Cat-E to produce special nuclear material then the Cat-E would be classified as a production facility for special nuclear material. * * * * Reference http://www.nrc.gov/materials/sp-nucmaterials.html Excerpt: *Why is control of special nuclear material important?* Congress enacted Title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as part of President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program, including the clause: Source and special nuclear material, production facilities, and utilization facilities are affected with the public interest, and regulation by the United States of the production and utilization of atomic energy and of the facilities used in connection therewith is necessary in the national interest to assure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. Special nuclear material is only mildly radioactive, but it includes some fissile material -- uranium-233, uranium-235, and plutonium-239 -- that, in concentrated form, can be the primary ingredients of nuclear explosives. These materials, in amounts greater than formula quantities, are defined as "strategic special nuclear material" (SSNM). *Regulations* The NRC regulates peaceful use of special nuclear material through licensing and oversight of licensee operations. Some of the regulations that pertain to special nuclear material licensing are shown in the following table.(see reference for table) [end excerpt] The Atomic Energy Act defines "restricted data" as classified information concerning the design, manufacture or use of atomic weapons; the production of special nuclear material; or the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy. The NRC was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. The FBI enforces nuclear security regulations for both the DOE (military) and the NRC (civilian). If a Cat-E located anywhere on earth including Greece can produce special nuclear material then it would be subject to control by the IAEA with the full support of the US and allied nations. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is a mistake to assume that government does the right thing in every >> instance. >> > > WHO assumes that?!? Do you also assume that Microsoft programs never fail? > And that Wall Street has your best interests at heart? > > > >> Could the blind disbelief in the possibility that cold fusion could be >> valid be so rampant throughout the science community within government that >> these block headed people have neglected their due diligence >> responsibilities toward the Rossi process? >> > > Probably. On the other hand, Rossi just emerged from the shadows in > January. granted there are some smart people in the government who knew > about him years ago but let's give them some time to absorb the news. > > > >> The DOE with NRC supervision and purview must conduct extensive tests to >> determine if the Cat-E in any of its embodiments can ever have a duel use >> weapons production capability. >> > > As far as I know, the NRC has no such authority. Their role is spelled out > here, and it does not mention anything like that: > > http://nrc.gov/ > > This is not a James Bond outfit. Also, they have no powers to arrest people > or enforce anything. The only thing they can do is close down a conventional > nuclear power plant. > > > >> The Cat-E secret must be considered as* Born secret*" and "*born >> classified*". >> > > Rossi does not see it that way. He is trying to get patent that will reveal > everything. As soon as he begins selling commercial reactors all secrets > will be revealed. > > > In addition, the physical process of how the transmutation process proceeds >> must be understood in detail from every possible angle and in any instance. >> No unknowns can be tolerated or allowed to exist. >> > > Every aspect of nature has countless unknowns! The reason ice is lighter > than water is not known. As Felix Franks put it: "physicists claim a much > better understanding of esoteric substances like liquid helium or liquid > nitrogen than they have of liquid water." (Franks is a leading expert on > water.) > > Ask any expert, "why" and after about five iterations you will reach the > limits of human knowledge. The number of unknowns increases as we learn more > about any subject. We will never master all of the secrets of combustion, > never mind cold fusion. Do you propose we cease using all forms of > combustion, pending full understanding? Turn off all automobiles, stop > cooking food? > > Once it has been demonstrated that cold fusion can be fully controlled in > ordinary circumstances (not in deep space or at 2000°C) and that it is safe > -- or least much safer than other sources of energy -- we should use it. > > > If U233 and PU-239 can be produced by the Cat-E, the secret of the Cat-E >> must be protected by the national espionage act and held as closely as any >> other atomic secret. Any violation of that secret must be punished with the >> same vigor and remorselessness as usual under the law. >> > > The US government has no authority in Greece. It cannot punish anyone or > enforce anything. Neither the DoE nor the NRC has any power to enforce or > punish. > > - Jed > >
