The 8th Russian Conference on Cold Nuclear Transmutation of Chemical Elements (RCCNT‑8) took place in Dagomys near the city of Sochi ("Olimpiyskaya" tourist hotel) on October 4 through October 11, 2000.

The Conference was managed by the Organizing Committee of the RCCNT‑8 and by the Inter‑Department Coordinating Council on Cold Fusion governed by Vice‑President of the Russian Academy of Science Academician O.M.Nefedov. It was held under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Science, Nuclear Society , of Russia, Russian Physical Society, D.I.Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Peoples' Friendship University, and State Technical University (MADI).

The Russian Committee on the Problems of Ball Lightning of the Russian Academy of Sciences provided publication of the Program and Abstracts of the RCCNT‑8 and the Proceedings of the Previous Conference (RCCNT‑7).

33 participants from Russia, the Ukrain, USA, Italy and Republic of Korea attended the Conference. Russia was represented by the research groups from Moscow, ,Podolsk, Sarov (Arzamas‑16), and Tomsk. Some representatives of the scientific organizations of the city of Sochi also took part in the Conference.

24 reports were delivered and discussed at the Conference (5 theoretical papers, 15 ‑ reports on experimental works, 2 reviews, and 2 ‑ short information) with video demonstration of one experiment.

 

The experimental reports delivered have confirmed the main properties of the physical Phenomena studied which manifest themselves under highly specific conditions. The investigations fulfilled so far confirm that in the result of implementation of various methods of stimulating samples by means of saturating them with hydrogen or deuterium there have been observed both excess heat appearance (Chernov, Miles, Baranov, Dash, Karabut, Romodanov) and occurrence of nuclear products such as Helium, Tritium and charged particles (Goryachev, Romodanov, Miles), gamma‑quanta (Dash, Baranov, Zelenski, Karabut), as well as new isotopes and elements not available in the initial samples (Chernov, Dash, Zelenski, Karabut, Savvatimova).

There was presented a review report by Nosov dedicated to implementation of acoustic stimulation of the phenomena of cold nuclear fusion and a report by Kholodov dedicated to theoretical interpretation of the Urutskoev's experimental results who had observed changes in chemical composition of chemical elements in the conditions of hydraulic strike.

A great interest was initiated by Bazhutov's reports about his continuous experimental observation of a new heavy particle (Erzion) in Cosmic Rays using three new installations which possibly can be a catalysts of nuclear transmutation of chemical elements.

Stein has presented a report containing the continuation of his investigations in saturation metals with hydrogen. It is worth to note that the magnitude of bind energy of hydrogen (deuterium) atom constitutes 30 eV/atom.

The short information by academicians Korovyakov and Fomenski of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences dedicated to interpretations of some actual problems of modern physics.

 

The theoretical works presented (Rodionov, Churkin, Frisone, Kholodov, Shadrin) have demonstrated widening and deepening understanding likely mechanisms of the phenomena of Cold fusion and nuclear transmutation.

All the participants of the Conference have expressed their opinion about the importance of further theoretical and experimental investigations of the Cold Nuclear Fusion and Nuclear transmutation Phenomena and emphasized a great contribution of Russian scientists in this field. They supported unanimously the proposal of the RCCNT‑8 Organizing Committee to hold next Conference (RCCNT‑9) in September

CHAIRMAN of the RCCNT‑8

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Yu. N. Bazhutov, Prof

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY

I.V.Goryachev, Prof.