This comment just in from Andrea Rossi on the Journal of Nuclear Physics.

DEAR GEORGEHANTS:

YOUR COMMENT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OPENS THE GATE FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

THE TESTS OF THE THIRD INDIPENDENT PARTY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED YESTERDAY.

I DID NOT ATTEND, THEREFORE I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY THE RESULTS, THAT WILL SURELY BE PUBLISHED BY THE EXAMINATORS, PROBABLY AROUND THE HALF OF APRIL. I MET THE 11 PROFESSORS AND EXPERTS THAT MADE THE TESTS AND THEY WERE VERY POSITIVE. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME ” WE GOT EVIDENCE THAT THE ‘ EFFECT’ IS REAL BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT”. I COULD NOT GET MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE TO ELABORATE THE DATA TO PREPARE THE PUBLICATION. ALL THE PROFESSORS SAID THE TEST IS GONE WELL, VERY WELL. THE LAST TEST ENDED AFTER 120 HOURS OF UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION OF THE REACTORS ( THE NEW GENERATION OF HOT CATS IS MADE BY A TWO STAGE SYSTEM, MADE WITH AN ACTIVATOR WITH RESISTANCES COUPLED WITH A KIND OF CHARGE, WHICH ACTIVATES THE E-CAT WITH A DIFFERENT CHARGE). THE EFFECT IS STUNNING, WE SAW IN OUR PRIVATE TESTS, AND HAS BEEN REPLICATED BY THE THIRD INDIPENDENT PARTY.

NOW WE PASS TO THE INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENTS: WE HAVE TO DELIVER OUR PLANTS BY THE END OF APRIL.

WARM REGARDS,

ANDREA ROSSI

This sets up a new level of anticipation for sure. We of course have only Rossi’s word for this, but it would not make sense for him to make such a comment if the results turn out to be negative. This is the first time he has mentioned a new kind of two-stage hot cat reactor which apparently feeds upon itself somehow (not clear in this description). In a separate comment on the JONP, he says that this is a 1 kW reactor — not sure if that is a typo, since previously he has been discussing 10 kW. Rossi mentions that three reactors were provided to the testers.

Now we must wait. Hopefully his estimate of an April publication will be accurate. A positive report should be a tremendous boost to the cause of the E-Cat, and to the field of cold fusion in general. It will be interesting to see if a scientific report will capture the attention of a world that could undoubtably benefit from a new and improved source of energy.

UPDATE: Rossi reports that one of the testers told him: “What we have seen is too important, must absolutely be published”. Also, in reference to the new design of the hot cat, he states: “Basically, we have no more a reactor or a cluster of reactors, but each reactor is coupled with an activator: let’s make this model: the activator is the Mouse, which makes the Cat run. The Mouse has his own COP which is more than 1, the Cat is a surprise.”