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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Tsutomu Sato, Makoto Okamoto, Poong Kim, Yasuhiko Fujii, Otohiko Aizawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 2 | March 1991 | Pages 357-363
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29368
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Neutron measurements are conducted during heavy water electrolysis in a glass cell equipped with a palladium cathode and a platinum anode set in separate electrode compartments. The electrolysis shows neutron emission peaks at 5 h (runs 1 and 2) and at 20 h (run 3) after start-up. The neutron emission peaks were clearly detected by independent A and B 3He counter channels; the peak values exceed 3σ. The neutron emissions are confirmed to occur in bursts.