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- From: Jed Rothwell <72240.1256@compuserve.com>
- Subject: Sincere Apology from Clustron
- Message-ID: <920816175938_72240.1256_EHL53-2@CompuServe.COM>
- Sender: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller)
- Reply-To: Jed Rothwell <72240.1256@compuserve.com>
- Organization: Sci.physics.fusion/Mail Gateway
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 19:46:14 GMT
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- To: >INTERNET:fusion@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG
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- Dr. Warren Buck comments:
-
- "In a recent press release, I discovered that my name was listed as a
- Supporter of the Nucleon Cluster Model put forth by Clustron Sciences, Corp.
- No permission to use my name in that press release was given. I am demanding
- that a retraction be made and printed.
-
- Furthermore, any use of my name in association with the Nucleon Cluster Model
- or with the Clustron Sciences, Corp. is unauthorized."
-
- Dr. Brightsen and the rest of us at Clustron Sciences would like to apologize
- to Dr. Buck. We are anxious to retract that part of our statement immediately.
- Apparently, we got our signals crossed and we failed to contact him properly
- before issuing the release. Naturally, we would never have mentioned his name
- if we had know it would upset him, and give us a poor scientific reference!
-
- Let me briefly explain Dr. Buck's role in this, because I want to make it
- clear that he had no role whatsoever in the controversial "cold fusion" aspect
- of the NCM; he had no knowledge that the NCM has been recently expanded to
- explain cold fusion; and no knowledge of Clustron Sciences (because we
- mistakenly failed to contact him in time).
-
- Dr. Buck reviewed the NCM model in an earlier stage of it's development, in
- the mid-80's, long before cold fusion came onto the scene. At that time he
- made valuable and encouraging comments about the work. When we issued the
- press release, we felt that we should honor his help and moral support, just
- as we acknowledge and thank EPRI for the three year grant that made the work
- possible during that period. Many years ago, Dr. Buck was enthusiastic about
- the NCM as it existed then; but of course, that does not mean that he approves
- of the present model at all, or the cold fusion extensions to the model. We
- did not mean to imply that he did; we are very sorry we gave that impression.
- Please remember that the NCM covers much more than just cold fusion. We hope
- that the less controversial parts of it will continue to garner the support of
- the scientific community, regardless of the fate of the cold fusion
- extensions. We acknowledge that the model might turn out to be correct in the
- aspects that Dr. Buck and others reviewed, and incorrect as an explanation for
- cold fusion.
-
- - Jed Rothwell
-
-