What Is the LRDI?

When cold fusion was rejected by mainstream science within a year or so after it was announced in 1989, a significant number of highly qualified researchers continued to pursue the phenomenon. Because it had become a pariah science, cold fusion (now broadly referred to as Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, LENR) attracted relatively few new scientists. The dedicated investigators who continued their work now 35 years later are leaving the field because of retirement, declining health, or death. The records of their research in the field are at risk of being lost, which would be a tragedy not only for the LENR field, but also for all of humanity.

The LENR Research Documentation Initiative (LRDI) is underway by Dr. Thomas Grimshaw’s LENRGY LLC to mitigate the risk of loss of LENR research records. Its objectives are to collect, organize, document, and archive these records while they are still available. More than 30 projects have been performed or are under way, of which 19 are far enough along for reporting on this website.

LENR and GCC: Serendipity Lost

Global Climate Change (GCC) first emerged from scientific research into worldwide concern for human welfare on June 23, 1988. That’s the date that U.S. NASA scientist James Hansen gave testimony to the U.S. Senate about the GCC threat, including its huge consequences, its cause in carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and the fact that it was already underway.

Just nine months later (to the day) an announcement came of a potential new energy source that could displace fossil fuels and eliminate the GCC threat. Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons made their announcement of the discovery of cold fusion at a press conference on March 23, 1989. Unfortunately, cold fusion was rejected by mainstream science within a year or so after the announcement.

Acknowledgments

The author of the LRDI and this webpage, Thomas Grimshaw, is deeply grateful to all of the many participants who have not only consented to do their projects, but also gave their permission to make their LRDI reports public.

Thanks go to Carl Page and the Anthropocene Institute for financial assistance for making LRDI site visits and attending ICCF and other conferences. Rob Christian and Seamus Lonergan receive thanks for their help with several parts of the program.