Comments on Letter (Phys. Rev. L, Vol.89, No. 10,2002) by D. Shapira and M. Saltmarsh

TL;DR

This paper corrects factual inaccuracies in a previous letter, clarifying that the original authors did not conduct independent experiments or controls, and confirms the authors' own findings of nuclear emissions in cavitated deuterated acetone.

Contribution

It provides a critical correction to prior claims, emphasizing the importance of proper experimental procedures and transparency in nuclear emission research.

Findings

Original authors did not perform independent experiments

Control experiments with normal acetone were not conducted

Data confirmed significant nuclear emissions in cavitated deuterated acetone

Abstract

This article focuses on correcting several factual errors and critiques in the previously published Letter in Phys. Rev. L, Vol. 89, No. 10, 2022, by D. Shapira and M. Saltmarsh. The authors of the Letter did not perform their own "independent" experiments as claimed; they did not perform control experiments with normal acetone; and, neither did they monitor for tritium. It their Letter, the authors (D. Shapira and M. Saltmarsh) failed to disclose that the data they collected actually confirmed our claims of having observed statistically significant nuclear emissions in chilled, cavitated deuterated acetone.