17th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-17) - Program and Abstracts

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This document contains the official program schedule, abstracts of oral and poster presentations, and exhibition descriptions for the 17th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-17) held in Bergamo, Italy. The workshop covers experimental, theoretical, and engineering advancements in Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) / Solid-State Fusion, featuring contributions from academic institutions and commercial startups.

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Bergamo Conference March 23rd – 26th, 2026 17th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals Hosted at Kilometro Rosso under the sponsorship of Prometheus Société Française de la Science Nucléaire dans la Matière Condensée (SFSNMC) French Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science

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IWAHLM-17 ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS 17th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals IWAHLM-17 Program and Abstracts

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CONTENT Welcome: Page 4 Conference venue: Page 5 Shuttle bus: Page 7 Bergamo and social events: Page 8 Program for the accompanying persons: Page 9 Monday March 23rd - The Third Way to Nuclear (A public conference organized by Prometheus): Page 10 The Status, Momentum and Potential of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions: Page 11 Program of the IWAHLM17 oral presentations: Page 12 - 14 Abstracts of the oral presentations: Tuesday March 24th – Morning sessions: Page 16 - 21 Tuesday March 24th – Afternoon sessions: Page 22 - 26 Wednesday March 24th – Morning sessions: Page 27 - 33 Wednesday March 24th – Afternoon sessions: Page 34 - 38 Thursday March 24th – Morning sessions – Sala ARIA: Page 39 - 45 Thursday March 24th – Morning sessions – Sala ACQUA: Page 46 - 51 List of Posters: Page 52 Posters abstracts: Page 53 - 59 Exhibition list: Page 61 Descriptions of the Exhibits: Page 62 - 82

Welcome on behalf of the SFSNMC

Welcome on behalf of the SFSNMC

The SFSNMC (Société Française de la Science Nucléaire dans la Matière Condensée) is pleased to welcome you for the IWAHLM-17 Workshop at Kilometro Rosso, located near the beautiful city of Bergamo in Italy.

The organization was made possible thanks to the efficient support of the company Prometheus, which is a local research player committed to the study and promotion of new energy sources. Prometheus, which has been working in this field for several years and observes the recent progress on a global scale, has decided to communicate widely on the subject of LENR energy sources in order to raise awareness among the public and decision-makers about the birth of this new branch of industry, which will offer tremendous opportunities, but also require a considerable increase in the research effort. We were invited by Prometheus to add our voice to theirs to reinforce the message, hence the choice to hold the IWAHLM-17 Workshop at Kilometro Rosso.

Prometheus is taking care of all local organizational aspects of the workshop. This help is immensely valuable and the SFSNMC thanks Prometheus a lot for the flawless cooperation during the preparation of the event as well as during the conference days.

The IWALM-17 workshop from March 24 to 26 follows a one-day public conference organized by Prometheus on March 23. The participants of the IWAHLM-17 workshop are gracefully invited to attend the March 23 meeting, and it is an additional reason to thank Prometheus.

In parallel to the conferences an exhibition will give the opportunity to observe objects related to our science and to discuss face-to-face with the exhibitors.

When the time comes to leave, what will remain will be the presentations we have listened to and the debates that will have nourished the discussion. The success of the conference will be mainly due to the contributions of the participants. I warmly thank all the authors of the oral presentations, posters and exhibitions.

I hope that these meetings will meet your expectations. The recent progress made by the various research teams around the world suggests that reactors capable of providing abundant and environmentally friendly energy will soon be developed. I am sure that all of you share this hope.

Welcome to Bergamo Truly Yours, Jacques Ruer President SFSNMC Chairman IWAHLM-17

Conference Venue and Local Information

Conference venue Kilometro Rosso Innovation District – Gate 4 – Via Stezzano 87, Bergamo

The venue of the meeting is located at Kilometro Rosso, a Science and Technology Park that houses companies, high-tech production activities, research centers and laboratories. Kilometro Rosso is located close to the beautiful city of Bergamo, rich of many historical places, and 40 kms from Milan the major city in Northern Italy. Kilometro Rosso is where Business and Research meet: located in the heart of Lombardy Region, it brings together companies, universities and research centers, in order to foster innovation processes in the manufacturing industry.

Keynote Lecture: The Status, Momentum and Potential of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions

Keynote lecture by Pr. David Nagel during the conference The Third Way to Nuclear on Monday March 23, 2026

The Status, Momentum and Potential of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions

The world needs new sources of clean energy due to the growing population, developing countries, and the several known dire consequences of climate change caused by burning fossil fuels. Besides renewable energies, the world urgently needs new sources of powerful energy that can be controlled at will and characterized by (a) large energy releases per reaction compared to chemical fuels, and associated high energy and power densities, and (b) production of energy without greenhouse gases. Three types of such energy generators are available or under development.

Nuclear fission of heavy elements is a reliable source of clean energy. However, it has significant drawbacks, including huge facilities, large amounts of long-lived radioactive waste, and major problems from rare accidents. There is great interest now in smaller fission systems.

Fusion of light isotopes of hydrogen has attracted tens of billions of dollars of research funding over the past 75 years. It requires temperatures of about 100 million degrees in low-density plasmas, and strong magnetic fields to contain the plasmas. It is expected that hot fusion systems will supply power to the electrical grid in a few countries during the 2030s. Hot fusion reactors are large machines with multi-megawatt powers that still produce significant radioactive waste.

Cold fusion burst on the scene in 1989. It is now called Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) or Solid-State Fusion (SSF). Over 35 years of research in more than a dozen countries have shown that it is indeed possible to trigger very energetic reactions at modest temperatures in special catalysts loaded with hydrogen. High energy gains have been demonstrated in LENR experiments, so LENR energy might be relatively cheap, when it is commercialized. Because solids catalyze LENR, experiments have shown that energy generators based on LENR should offer high power densities, and hence compact systems. Widely distributed LENR generators with kilowatt outputs appear to be possible for powering homes and businesses. And, it is known from many experiments that LENR do not emit significant dangerous radiation, and produce hardly any radioactive waste.

The scientific study of LENR remains challenging due to highly variable experiments, probably caused by vagaries of the required materials. The fundamental physics of how LENR occur pertains to Quantum Mechanics effects and is still not yet completely understood. Despite these problems, the commercialization of LENR is proceeding. Eleven startup companies are striving to produce commercial LENR generators in Asia, Europe, and America.

The momentum of LENR is due to interest by governments, as well as by investors. A long-term program in Japan, a program in Europe since 2020, and a program in the U.S. from 2023 have legitimized and advanced the study of LENR. Those programs are each about $10M.IfLENRcaptured1/1000oftheannualmarketforenergyglobally,whichis$10T, the companies could be worth billions of dollars.

The two major challenges to LENR now are (a) scaling to output energies to the range of kilowatts with significant gains, and (b) the long-term durability of the active materials in LENR generators. LENR is at a stage where collaborations can accelerate understanding and commercialization.

The 17th International Workshop on Hydrogen Loaded Materials will gather the best specialists of the World on both the scientific study and commercialization of LENR. This workshop is not merely a venue for presentations; it is a place to test ideas, validate claims, and define the questions that matter. We welcome those who wish to engage, compare, replicate, and build knowledge of LENR together.

David J. Nagel Research Professor – George Washington University Washington DC - USA 27/11/2025

Oral Presentations Schedule (Overview)

International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-17)

PROGRAM SCHEDULE OF THE ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday 24 March (Morning):

• Session 1: Introduction Speeches (Wu-Shou Zhang & J. Rothwell; N. Targosz-Sleczka; Lynn Bowen)
• Session 2: Recents results of the CleanHME project (K. Czerski et al.; M. Valat et al.; F. Celani et al.; M. Valat et al.)

Tuesday 24 March (Afternoon):

• Session 3: Reactions Measurements and Artificial Intelligence (S. Ólafsson & N.L. Bowen; M. Lipoglavšek & A. Cvetinović; A. Bari, D. Nagel, S. Huang)
• Session 4: Plasma reactors (A. Klimov; H. Back)

Wednesday 25 March (Morning):

• Session 5: Power production (J. Ruer et al.; M. Childs et al.; J. Ruer; V. Vysotskii & M. Vysotskyy)
• Session 6: Nuclear Reactions 1 (A. Kumar et al.; M. Fomitchev-Zamilov; R.W. Greenyer)

Wednesday 25 March (Afternoon):

• Session 7: Nuclear Reactions 2 (H.B. Winzeler; R.W. Greenyer; V. Vysotskii & M. Vysotskyy)
• Session 8: Nuclear Reactions 3 (E. Storms; Eman Elshaikh & Lily Noyes)

Thursday 26 March (Morning):

• Session 9: Low Energy Converters (F. Gordon et al.; M.S. Gordon et al.; F. David; J.P. Bibérian)
• Session 10: From Canada (D. Alexandrov et al.; T. Malchev et al.; Y. Paunov et al.)
• Session 11: Theory 1 (P. Hagelstein; L. Boldyreva; P. Hatt; L. Gamberale)
• Session 12: Theory 2 (A.RPBA Meijer; K.A. Fredericks)

Oral Abstract: Predictions of cold fusion and related phenomena prior to 1989 and subsequent experimental verifications

Predictions of cold fusion and related phenomena prior to 1989 and subsequent experimental verifications (ON-LINE) #Wu-Shou Zhang 1, Jed Rothwell 2 1 Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing, China 2 LENR-CANR.org, USA - Email: [email protected]

Although 37 years have passed since Fleischmann and Pons announced their discovery of cold fusion, the phenomenon remains unrecognized by the scientific community. However, Chinese scholar Hongzhou Zhao (1941–1997) predicted cold fusion and related phenomena as early as 1981 [1]. Subsequently, Hongzhou Zhao and Guohua Jiang (Z-J) deepened their research in 1985 [2], which was translated into English by us for global scholars. Through examining major scientific discoveries from 1500 to 1960, Z-J distilled the following principle:

The process of scientific discovery resembles mineral extraction. In the exploration of the microscopic world, it deepens by progressively reducing the spatial scale of matter and increasing the binding-energy level. At any given historical epoch, one (or some) scales of matter (or forms of motion) in nature become the primary focus of scientific research. These objects constitute the “mineable deposits” of scientific achievements, which Z-J called the “main mining disciplines”. Specifically: 1540–1720 marked the era of classical mechanics; 1680–1740 witnessed the peak of thermodynamics; 1730–1820 saw the height of chemistry; 1810–1920 belonged to electromagnetism; and post-1920 belonged to quantum mechanics. Humanity “mined” research at the macroscopic scale for 210 years (1540–1750), at the molecular scale for 220 years (1640–1860), and at the atomic scale for 250 years (1670–1920). The average cycle spans approximately 230 years. Following this trend, nuclear physics—initiated in 1896—will likely require until at least the first third of the 22nd century to complete its full exploration cycle.

Z-J further observed that the conditions for shift of one discipline to another involve discoveries of energy conversion effects (ECEs) between the current scale and its preceding scales, because these effects provide experimental equipment for scientific research. The discovery of radioactive phenomena marked nuclear physics as a “mining” discipline—one that had come of age and was ripe to produce practical applications. While humanity has identified and harnessed the energy conversion between nuclear and thermal energy in power plants, several fundamental direct ECEs at the nuclear level remain undiscovered. Only after humanity discovers these crucial direct ECEs can we enter a new era of comprehensive nuclear energy utilization. At that point, the nuclear radiation problem will have been resolved, and people will have absolutely no reason to worry about the consequences of nuclear energy. “Nuclear scientists will become the true Prometheus!” [2]

From discoveries in cold fusion, excess heat represents the direct nuclear-to-thermal ECE proposed by Z-J, while temperature-induced excess heat embodies the thermal-to-nuclear ECE. Thus, cold fusion involves direct nuclear-to-thermal conversion, whereas nuclear power plants utilize only indirect nuclear-to-thermal conversion. David’s fusion diode and Gordon-Whitehouse’s LEC represent the nuclear-to-electric ECE. This means their discoveries not only fulfill Z-J’s predictions but also strongly suggest that humanity’s future utilization of nuclear energy will involve direct electrical power generation, bypassing the current “boiling water” approach of nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, the production of hydrogen-oxygen mixtures exceeding Faraday efficiency in certain aqueous electrolytic systems represents the nuclear-to-chemical ECE.

References: [1] H.-Z. Zhao, Mining model for scientific discoveries, Science of Science and Management of S. & T., no. 2, pp. 3-5, 1981; no. 3, pp. 34-38, 1981. (in Chinese) [2] H.-Z. Zhao, G.-H. Jiang, Review of mining model for scientific discoveries (in Chinese, with English translation), Studies in Science of Science, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 38-50, 1985; https://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/ZhaoHZreviewofth.pdf.

Oral Abstract: Key Scientific Achievements of the CleanHME Project

Key Scientific Achievements of the CleanHME Project #Natalia Targosz-Sleczka1 for the CleanHME Consortium 1 Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland Email: [email protected]

The European project CleanHME (Clean Energy from Hydrogen–Metal Systems) has formally ended in January 2025, however its results are expected to support long-term research in low-energy nuclear reactions and development of a novel energy source based on thermal nuclear fusion in metallic environments [1]. The CleanHME consortium comprised 16 academic and scientific institutions as well as industrial partners from Europe, the United States, and Canada. Beyond the identification of new materials capable of generating stable and reproducible excess heat for a future demonstrator, a central objective of the project was to achieve a deeper understanding of the underlying physical phenomena. In the project, hydrogen-loading experiments were complemented by accelerator-based experiments investigating the enhancement of nuclear reaction yields at extremely low energies, as well as by extensive materials characterization [2].

Here we present the main scientific achievements of the CleanHME project. These include the development of hydrotalcite powders incorporating various active metallic nanoparticles and the demonstration of deuteron–deuteron fusion at thermal energies through the detection of nuclear reaction products. Furthermore, the excess heat measured during hydrogen-loading experiments is remarkable, reaching values of approximately 90±5 mW/g of powder, and 25±15 W/g of bulk wire material [3]. In addition, a mechanism for LENR links hydrogen diffusion within the crystal lattice to lattice defects that locally increase the effective electron mass, thereby enhancing electron screening and facilitating tunneling through the Coulomb barrier [4].

Despite our effort, many questions remain open, emphasizing the need for continued investigation across both fundamental principles and practical applications. Resolving these open challenges will be essential for translating recent advances into robust applications.

The CleanHME project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 951974.

References: [1] https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/951974/results [2] CleanHME Deliverable D6.4 “Plan for exploitation and propositions for follow-up studies”, 2024 [3] CleanHME Deliverable D3.6 “Report on tests performed at the new reactors”, 2024 [4] Huke A. et al., Phys. Rev. C 78, 015803, 2008; Kowalska A. et al., Materials 16, 6255, 2023

Oral Abstract: Thermal deuteron-deuteron fusion in accelerator experiments at sub-keV energies

Thermal deuteron-deuteron fusion in accelerator experiments at sub-keV energies *Konrad Czerski1, R. Dubey1, G. Haridas Das1, A. Kowalska2, N. Targosz-Ślęczka1, S. Thulichery1, M. Valat1 1 Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland 2 Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Maritime University of Szczecin, 70-500 Szczecin, Poland

A direct observation of the deuteron-deuteron (DD) fusion at thermal meV energies by emission of its nuclear products, although theoretically possible, was not succeeded using the accelerator technique up to now. The electron screening effect that reduces the repulsive Coulomb barrier between reacting nuclei in metallic environments by several hundreds of eV and is additionally increased by crystal lattice defects in the hosting material, leads to strongly enhanced cross sections which means that this effect might be studied in laboratories. Here, the results of the 2H(d,p)3H reaction measurements performed on different deuterated metallic targets at sub-keV energies, using an ultra-high vacuum accelerator system at the University of Szczecin, Poland will be presented. The experimentally determined thick target yield, decreasing over many orders of magnitude for lowering beam energies, could be well described by the electron screening effect and the Jπ = 0+ threshold resonance in 4He. At the lowest energies of several keV, a constant plateau yield value could be observed for different metallic targets used. As indicated by significantly increased energies of emitted protons, this effect can be associated with the thermal DD fusion. A theoretical model explains the experimental observations by creation of ion tracks, induced in the target by projectiles, and a high phonon density which locally increases temperature above the melting point. The nuclear reaction rates taking into account the enhanced electron screening effect for different target materials and DD threshold resonance agrees very well with the experimental data. This enables to compare them with the results achieved in gas loading and electrolysis experiments.

Oral Abstract: CleanHME Zoom: Detailed evidence of thermal activity in activated nanocomposite Hydrotalcites at temperature >650ºC

CleanHME Zoom: Detailed evidence of thermal activity in activated nanocomposite Hydrotalcites at temperature >650ºC

M. Valat 1, C. Le Roux 2, JP. Biberian 3, R. Michel 3, G. Parchi 4, U. Abundo 4, A. Kodek 5, J. Ruer 6, S. Bucher 7, K. Czerski 1 and N. Targosz-Sleczka 1.

1 Institute of Physics, eLBRUS Centre for Experimental Physics, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland 2 CNRS GET-OMP, France 3 VEGATEC, France 4 FutureOn, Italy 5 LAKOCO, Belgium 6 EEMH, France 7 IRIS, France - e-mail: [email protected]

This presentation provides experimental description of excess heat production and level-3 technology readiness level for activated nano-structured hydrotalcite materials at temperature above 650ºC, up to 1000ºC during the CleanHME project [1]. We present expanded datasets on hydrogen and deuterium loading across multiple laboratories and reactor configurations, demonstrating our experience with a broad range of loading levels and thermal responses measured through calorimetric and thermometric techniques. Excess heat generation is analyzed in relation to the number of thermal cycles applied to the nanocomposite system, highlighting the impact of in-situ activation on enhancing the material performance. For each reactor apparatus, the increased activity is documented with its contextualization. Nuclear measurements are analyzed for time correlation analysis with thermal evolution, details of cross-check verifications and calibrations of these experimental means help the audience grasp the significance of these evidences. While long-term durability and scalability of the effect require further investigation, preliminary data indicate sustained low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) activity for over four weeks, accompanied by signatures consistent with electronic flux and charge transfer.

References: [1] CleanHME https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/951974 [2] Biberian, Jean-Paul, Robert Michel, Christophe Le Roux, et al. “Excess Heat in Nanoparticles of Nickel Alloys in Hydrogen.” Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science 38 (May 2024): 186–95. https://doi.org/10.70923/001c.124956.

Oral Abstract: Revisiting Anomalous Heat Excess in Nickel Alloys: Three Decades from First Evidence to Robust Reproducibility under Pulsed and Plasma Excitation

Revisiting Anomalous Heat Excess in Nickel Alloys: Three Decades from First Evidence to Robust Reproducibility under Pulsed and Plasma Excitation

F. Celani¹, C. Lorenzetti¹, G. Vassallo 1,2, E. Purchi¹, S. Cupellini¹, M. Nakamura¹, P. Cerreoni¹, U. Mastromatteo(1).

¹ISCMNS_L1; ²DIDI, Univ. Palermo (retired) - [email protected]

Over the past three decades, a systematic experimental program has been pursued to study electrically induced Anomalous Heat Effects (AHE) in metallic wires exhibiting nanostructured and sub-micrometric surface coatings, with a primary focus on nickel-based alloys such as Constantan. Starting from the earliest observations of excess heat generation under direct current electrical stimulation, successive studies have progressively identified the critical parameters governing the onset, stability, and magnitude of the phenomenon, including surface morphology, gas environment, the role of pulsed stimuli, pulse polarity and shape, temperature regime, and electrode conditioning. Recent experimental activity demonstrates that plasma-based excitation modes, including Paschen discharges and dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) configurations, enable highly reproducible and controllable AHE production. Under optimized conditions, stable excess thermal output of approximately 30% relative to the total electrical input energy—accounting for both Joule heating and plasma excitation—has been consistently achieved. These results represent a significant advancement compared to earlier regimes characterized by poor repeatability and strong sensitivity to uncontrolled variables. At the same time, the experiments reveal that deviation from the optimized operational window can lead to diverging behaviors, including thermal runaway, localized overheating, and eventual wire failure under certain plasma regimes. Such transitions underline the existence of non-linear and self-amplifying processes, strongly dependent on surface activation, charge injection, and gas–metal interactions. The coexistence of stable, reproducible operating modes and high-gain runaway regimes highlights both the technological potential and the underlying magnitude of the phenomenon. The present results indicate that AHE is no longer an elusive or sporadic effect, but a robust physical process that can be engineered, controlled, and scaled, bringing it significantly closer to practical applications in advanced energy conversion systems.

References: [1] F. Celani, C. Lorenzetti, “Electrically Induced Anomalous Thermal Phenomena in Nanostructured Wires,” Cold Fusion, Elsevier, pp. 101–113, 2020. [2] F. Celani, C. Lorenzetti, G. G. Vassallo, E. Purchi, S. Fiorilla, S. Cupellini, et al., “Exploring AHE Generation on Constantan Wires under H₂–Ar Gas at Elevated Temperatures: Investigating the Impact of Pulse Polarity and Shapes,” in Proceedings of the 24th Meeting of the Japan Cold Fusion Research Society (JCF24), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Dec. 1–2, 2023. [3] F. Celani, P. Cerreoni, C. Lorenzetti, U. Mastromatteo, et al., “Effects of Electric Pulse Shape on AHE Generation in High-Temperature Surface-Modified Constantan under Hydrogen and Deuterium Gases,” Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, vol. 39, 2025.

Oral Abstract: Defect formation and evolution on deuterated multilayer nickel-copper nano-structured samples, surface and subsurface analysis with PAS

Defect formation and evolution on deuterated multilayer nickel-copper nano-structured samples, surface and subsurface analysis with PAS #Mathieu Valat 1, Konrad Czerski 1, Sreelakshmi Thulichery 1, Mateusz Kaczmarski 1, Maciej Oskar Liedke 2, Andreas Wagner 2, Natalia Targosz-Sleczka 1, Agata Kowalska 3, Rakesh Dubey 1, Gokul Das Haridas 1. 1 Institute of Physics, eLBRUS Centre for Experimental Physics, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland 2 Helmholtz–Zentrum Dresden–Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany 3 Maritime University, Szczecin, Poland (PM), Szczecin, Poland - email: [email protected]

Considering the success of CleanPlanet Inc., we analyzed data produced on a PVD-made multi-layer Ni-Cu nano-structured system* in the aim of understanding the formation of hydrogen induced defect during irradiation, as well as during the heat production phase of the material. Leveraging the features of positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) at HZDR, we identify the type and the evolution of such defects when the material is first irradiated with deuterium, then throughout a thermal cycle up to 500ºC. As seen before [1], low-energy deuterons implantation with currents in the range of 10th of microampere per cm2, on zirconium at fluences <1017 ion/cm2 produces copious number of defects, up to a physical limit of saturation at depth matching their range of implantation [2]. The type of defects induced are mono-vacancy clusters and mono-vacancies, both filled with multiple deuterons. The participation of defects in the nuclear process described by Czerski is well identified [3], and their evolution is a key parameter in the capability to sustain the metal-hydrogen quantum energy production phenomenon. While the thick target yield evaluation gave minuscule results, due to the un-adapted method of hydride formation and the low electron screening properties of nickel at 10keV, we were able to produce 3 datasets with PAS: after the implantation, after a temperature increase at 500ºC, and after the thermal cycle. We also use a CleanHME prepared multi-layers Ni-Cu sample, based on scientifically disclosed information of Iwamura’s Multilayer Metal-Composite system [4]. We observe the predominance of mono-vacancies by the initial irradiation, in a similar result to the measurement on zirconium or palladium hydrides. During the temperature increase the data shows a large increase of nickel capabilities for diffusion of hydrogen in the sub-surface region. We also report the conversion of mono-vacancies to clusters and voids, a reduction of the mono-vacancy size, and a strong predominance of large void in the bulk. While these observations confirm the intuition that hot Ni-Cu nano-structured material tends to load large quantity of hydrogen, it also shows that hydrogen helps to trigger a repair mechanism of the sub-surface region and limits the Kirkendall effect.

References: [1] Kowalska, Agata, Konrad Czerski, Paweł Horodek, et al. “Crystal Lattice Defects in Deuterated Zr in Presence of O and C Impurities Studied by PAS and XRD for Electron Screening Effect.” Materials 16 (2023): 6255. [2] M. Valat, K. Czerski, A. Kowalska, M. Kaczmarski, N. Targosz-Ślęczka, R. Dubey, G.D. Haridas, P. Horodek, K. Siemek, M.O. Liedke, E. Hirschmann, A. Wagner, J. Słowik, J. Baranowska, S. Fryska. “Crystal defect transformations in zirconium induced by deuterium implantation at low energy.” Presented at IWAHLM16, Strasbourg, France, September 2024. [3] Czerski, Konrad. “Deuteron-Deuteron Nuclear Reactions at Extremely Low Energies.” Physical Review C 106 (2022), L011601. [4] Y. Iwamura, T. Itoh, S. Murakami, M. Saito and J. Kasagi. “Excess Energy Generation using a Nano-sized Multilayer Metal Composite and Hydrogen Gas.” 22nd International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science; ICCF-22, Assisi, Italy (2019).

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Exhibits: Selected Overview

Descriptions of Key Exhibits at IWAHLM-17:

1. ENG8 - EnergiCell 100KW Thermal Power Plant: ENG8 produces catalytic plasma-based EnergiCell reactors generating excess energy via fusion, fission, and hydrino mechanisms, targeting combined heat and power systems (TRL 4/5).

2. Argal & Solitonix srl - LENR Reactor: Closed electrolytic reactor using ultrapure water and nickel wire excited by rapid current pulses producing ‘dark’ solitons, low-power RF and laser, demonstrating tritium production and self-sustained heat.

3. Maximus Energy Corporation - NEUTRON-X & GAMMA-X: Balanced-signaling noise-resistant radiation detection systems designed to eliminate RF and EMI interference in noisy laboratory environments.

4. FutureOn Srl - Clean Energy Systems: Developing Catalyzed Plasma Reactors (CPR) and solid-state energy modules based on hydrogen-metal interactions and LEAP.

5. CleanHME Consortium - LENR Based Reactor Concept: Industrial high-temperature (800-1000°C) reactor concept utilizing hydrotalcite-derived active metal nanoparticles.

6. Kepler Aerospace - KEPLER ENGINE: Subcritical hybrid reactor based on the Parkhomov-Belousova Effect and solid-state fusion diodes for space propulsion and orbital Stirling engines.

7. InovL Inc. - Lattice Energy Converter (LEC / EDEC): Self-initiating and self-sustaining electrophysical direct energy conversion device operating via hydrogen-occluded electrode materials.

8. Lakehead University & Technical University of Sofia: Novel energy source using constantan wire in deuterium gas generating non-radioactive helium and thermal power with COP up to 16.

9. ISCMNS_L1 (AETHERIS): Pulse-plasma nickel-alloy coaxial reactors utilizing combined longitudinal electrical pulses and transversal DBD plasma excitation.

10. Brillouin Energy Corporation: Q-Pulse technology stimulating hydrogen-loaded nickel on ceramic cores to induce controlled electron capture and heat production.