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Remembering ANS member Gil Brown
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The nuclear community is mourning the loss of Gilbert Brown, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer.
Brown, an American Nuclear Society Fellow and an ANS member for nearly 50 years, joined the faculty at Lowell Technological Institute—now the University of Massachusetts–Lowell—in 1973 and remained there for the rest of his career. He eventually became director of the UMass Lowell nuclear engineering program. After his retirement, he remained an emeritus professor at the university.
Sukesh Aghara, chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, noted in an email to NEDHO members and others that “Gil was a relentless advocate for nuclear energy and a deeply respected member of our professional community. He was also a kind and generous friend—and one of the reasons I ended up at UMass Lowell. He served the university with great dedication. . . . Within NEDHO, Gil was a steady presence and served for many years as our treasurer. His contributions to nuclear engineering education and to this community will be dearly missed.”
Chun-Ching Chien, Theresa Chen Huang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 3 | November 1992 | Pages 391-394
Technical Note on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30098
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Tritium activity values are obtained from the electrolysis of heavy water on palladium and are higher than background values by over three orders of magnitude in at least 10 of 100 experiments. These values are far in excess of those expected from the enrichment of tritium during long-term electrolysis. The pretreatment of palladium, including acid etching and anodic charging and initial mild cathodic charging, seems to play the most important role in the success of the current experiments. Raising the temperature might enhance the rate of reaction, while small voltage increases will trigger the reaction. Too large an applied voltage change will quench the reaction. It is observed that heavy water additions or turbulence of the electrolyte might be a possible cause of the temporary quenching of the reaction.