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European Journal of Applied Physics Publishes LENR Paper

Sep 262025
 

Sept. 26, 2025

The European Journal of Applied Physics has published “Review of Condensed-Matter Nucleosynthesis” by Steven B. Krivit and Michael J. Ravnitzky.

This paper brings together, for the first time, the most direct set of evidence that low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs) are genuine nuclear processes. In laboratory experiments to date, LENRs have not produced radioactive waste or dangerous radiation. The paper describes nuclear signatures reported by 15 independent laboratories across six countries. These signatures include changes to the abundance of atomic isotopes, elements changing into other elements, and the production of tritium.

For the past hundred years, scientists thought that nuclear reactions require high-energy inputs. Yet numerous LENR experiments performed under low-energy conditions have produced net energy gain and nuclear evidence. These disparities have puzzled scientists since the inception of the field. The experimental results described in this paper help resolve this puzzle and establish LENRs as a new, important field of nuclear science.

Link: https://www.ej-physics.org/index.php/ejphysics/article/view/387

Citation: Krivit, Steven B., and Ravnitzky, Michael, “Review of Condensed-Matter Nucleosynthesis,” (Sept. 8, 2025). European Journal of Applied Physics, 7(5), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejphysics.2025.7.5.387

 

Mizuno Reports Evidence of Low-Energy Neutrons in LENRs

Aug 242025
 

By Steven B. Krivit
August 24, 2025

Tadahiko Mizuno has published a paper in the European Journal of Applied Physics reporting evidence of neutron emissions in a low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) experiment.

Mizuno, one of the original pioneers in the LENR field, reported a distinct peak of a low flux of neutrons centered around 0.7 MeV. Mizuno did not observe 2.45 MeV neutrons, which are characteristic of deuterium-deuterium fusion. Until recently, he had expected that LENRs would produce 2.45 MeV neutrons because of his assumption that LENRs were caused by some kind of “cold fusion” mechanism.

Mizuno 0.7 MeV neutron peak

Mizuno 0.7 MeV neutron peak

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ITER Fusion Project: Warnings to Journalists

Apr 292025
 

Defects in the reactor core caused a three-year suspension in the reactor assembly.

Safety defects in the nuclear reactor core caused a three-year suspension in the ITER reactor assembly.

April 29, 2025
By Steven B. Krivit

The ITER organization, responsible for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, issued an embargoed press release yesterday. This is a cautionary note to journalists about that press release.

The ITER project was founded on the false and misleading claim that the overall reactor is designed to produce 500 megawatts of power from only 50 megawatts of input heating power, thereby demonstrating a tenfold reactor power gain.

So that you do not inadvertently perpetuate this deception to readers and viewers, be advised that the 50-megawatt value does not include the power to operate the reactor. The reactor will require at least 440 megawatts of electricity to produce 500 megawatts of fusion. Full details on the power values are here.

The ITER organization’s press release came just one day before a scathing article published today in the journal Public Understanding of Science from the former spokesman of the ITER organization, Michel Claessens. The article is titled “From Science Communication to Systemic Public Deception: The Case of the ITER Big Science Project.”

Claessens was the head of communications and external relations in the ITER Organization from April 2011 to March 2015. In 2021–2022, while Claessens was preparing the second edition of his book on ITER, previous colleagues at the ITER Organization sent him evidence of mismanagement, unlawful
terminations, and illegally modified contracts. He also learned about mass staff resignations, data manipulations, and decisions that adversely impacted nuclear safety. On Nov. 2, 2021, he submitted a whistleblower report to the President of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the ITER Council which documented “how the ITER top management behaves outside the norms of science ethics.”

Since its inception, the ITER organization has lied to the public, news media, and elected officials about the primary scientific objective of the project. New Energy Times has covered this in-depth and in detail for nine years. For newcomers to this matter, this Web page on our site is a good place to start.

Our investigation and reporting have led to worldwide corrections among major institutions, including the ITER organization itself, the World Nuclear Association, the European Commission, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, the International Energy Agency, and the European Parliament.

New Energy Times has published more than 150 news articles on misleading and false fusion claims, mostly about ITER. The full list is here:
https://news.newenergytimes.net/iter-timeline-of-news-reports-corrections-and-retractions/

We have been in direct communication with Pietro Barabaschi, the current Director-General of the organization and Laban Coblentz, the Head of Communication. Both of them said they were committed to scientific integrity and being more transparent in their public communications. Yet time after time, their actions have shown otherwise.

The following is a partial list of our articles specifically involving the leadership of the ITER organization:
Open Letter to ITER Director-General About ITER Power Claims (Nov. 3, 2020)
Omitting the ITER Input Power – Bigot and Coblentz’s Roles (Nov. 14, 2020)
Events Leading to the False Claims in Laban Coblentz’s Press Release on Behalf of the ITER Organization (Oct. 16, 2021)
ITER Director-General Makes False Power Claim to French Senate (Nov. 3, 2021)
Head of ITER Organization Withdraws Reactor Net Energy Claim (Nov. 15, 2022)
ITER Organization Confirms 440 MW Electrical Input Requirement for Reactor (Dec. 23, 2022)
Open Letter to Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of ITER (April 15, 2023)
Response From Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of ITER (May 2, 2023)
ITER Organization Makes, and Corrects, Another False Power Claim (July 16, 2024)

Three years ago, French nuclear authorities ordered a halt to assembly of the core of reactor because the main sections of the reactor, called vacuum vessel sectors, were defective. New Energy Times broke that story on Feb. 21, 2022. The ITER organization completed the repair of the first sector and lowered it into the reaction chamber on April 10, 2025.

ITER is the largest and most expensive science project on Earth. It is funded by taxpayers from China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. The estimated cost, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2018, was at least $65 billion. The ITER organization claims the cost is only $22 billion. That figure excludes the cost of components coming from overseas.

 

 

ICCF-26 Will Take Place in Morioka, Japan, Next Month

Apr 202025
 

April 20, 2025
By Steven B. Krivit

Kitakami River bank and Mt. Iwate, Morioka City, Central Iwate (Image: VISIT IWATE)

Kitakami River bank and Mt. Iwate, Morioka City, Central Iwate (Image: VISIT IWATE)

The 26th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (formerly the International Conference on Cold Fusion) will take place May 26-30 in Morioka, Japan.

The conference on low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs) will be hosted by the ICCF26 organizing committee in cooperation with Iwate University. Shinya Narita, an Iwate University professor in the Department of Physical Science and Materials Engineering, is the chairman of the conference.

The program is now available on the conference Web site.

Sponsors of the conference include Carl Page’s Anthropocene Institute company, the Japanese Thermal & Electric Energy Technology Inc. Foundation, the Japan CF-Research Society (JCF), and Hideki Yoshino’s Clean Planet company.

To learn more about LENRs, please visit the New Energy Times LENR Reference Site.

 

 

 

 

ITER Organization Makes, and Corrects, Another False Power Claim

Jul 162024
 

By Steven B. Krivit
July 16, 2024

On July 1, 2024, the ITER organization issued a press release with an inaccurate and exaggerated claim about its primary goal. On July 8, it removed the false claim.

The original press release (archive copy of original version), at this URL, had contained an inaccurate and exaggerated claim about the projected result of this international publicly funded fusion project: “The plant at ITER will produce about 500 megawatts of thermal power. If operated continuously and connected to the electric grid, that would translate to about 200 megawatts of electric power, enough for about 200,000 homes.”

The calculation for that claim omitted the 440 megawatts of electrical power that the reactor is expected to use. The accurately stated power balance is that, if the ITER reactor is operated continuously and connected to the electric grid, the 500 MW thermal output would translate to a loss of about 220 megawatts of electric power, consuming power that could have been used for about 220,000 homes.

Such misleading claims by the ITER Organization continue to confuse even pedigree science journalists like Daniel Clery, who wrote in Science magazine on July 3, 2024, that the stated goal of ITER is “generating 10 times more power than it consumes.”

After New Energy Times contacted the ITER Organization’s public communications team, it removed the entire power claim section from the original press release. (archive copy of revised version)

Pietro Barabaschi, the director-general of the ITER Organization, thanked New Energy Times for pointing out the inaccuracy and said that his team would encourage Science magazine to tell its readers that the stated goal of ITER is “generating in its plasma 10 times more power than is used to heat the plasma itself.”

The ITER Organization as well as Science magazine have had a long history of knowingly publishing inaccurate and exaggerated claims about the primary goal of the reactor.

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