KUER News reports, 21 April to 29 May 1989

Item — cassette: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Side A: 1. April 21. Georgia Tech discovers their fusion experiment is flawed; other experimental work; work at Los Alamos; funding from State of Utah; formation of advisory committee.
2. April 28. Visit of Utah Senator Orrin Hatch to U. of Utah; chastisement by Nature magazine; confirmation of fusion research by other groups; federal funding of research; excerpt of musical parody.
3. May 5. Government committee questions the findings of Pons and Fleischman; criticism by Nature magazine and research groups; response from U. of Utah administration to critics; formalizing of agreement with Los Alamos; activities of Pons and Fleischman. 26 minutes.
Side B: 1. May 15. Progress on collaboration with Los Alamos; support from James Fletcher; comments of various scientists; disputes over validity of findings.
2. May 19. Status of Pons' and Fleischman's research; legal negotiations on patents and work with Los Alamos; attempted duplication at the U. of Utah's College of Mines and Engineering and NASA; discussions with industry representatives.
3. May 29. Conference at Los Alamos; Brigham Young University experiment confirmation; U. of Utah experiment confirmation; experiment at Austin, TX; update on world research. 26 minutes.

Dates

21 April to 29 May 1989

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