The fuel utilized is ordinary water. The process releases very much larger amounts of energy than can be achieved by electrolysis into hydrogen and oxygen. Mills claims the process is an enhanced chemical reaction rather than a nuclear one. The most recent work it is claimed cn produce electricty directly. Earlier research produces thermal energy which can be utilized directly for heating or converted into electric power by conventional means.
Cost estimates are highly competitive.
Both decentralized small home power units and vehicle systems, as well as central power stations, are envisioned. Cold Fusion, dismissed by the physics community since there was no theory that fit the experiments and they could not be easily reproduced, is alive and struggling toward the markets in several countries. Fusion Technology, the refereed journal in the fusion field, has carried many articles that report positive results. The editor, Dr. George Miley, will leave in June 2001 to work with a new firm that will commercialize a thin film variation of his invention. Now known as LENR, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, there is no harmful radiation and nuclear waste.