Web Story Promoting MIT Cold Fusion Colloquium Appears to Be Fake

A few days ago, a Web site called The Explorer published a story written by Tina Quizon called “Steven Chu looks at Lattice-Assisted Nuclear Reactions Cold Fusion.”

No sources or direct quotes were given for Chu’s alleged interest in “cold fusion.”

Yesterday New Energy Times asked Department of Energy spokesman Jeff Sherwood about the Explorer Web page.

“Secretary Chu did not speak at that conference, did not attend and was, in fact, out of the country at the time,” Sherwood said.