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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Pier Giorgio Sona, Fulvio Parmigiani, Franco Barberis, Adriano Battaglia, Renza Berti, Giovanni Buzzanca, Aldo Capelli, Davide Capra, Marco Ferrari
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 4 | July 1990 | Pages 713-717
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29207
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The results of preliminary tests on tritium and neutrons from palladium cathodes during D2O electrolysis are presented. The few positive results obtained from many tests are discussed. Neutron and tritium signals are not obtained in the same experiment, but significant limits (5 × 105 to 1 × 107) are established for the tritium-to-neutron ratio due to the precision in tritium measurements and the stability of neutron detectors.
