GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1150

Short Title:  Fusion Research Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Block.
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Referred to:  Ways and Means.
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May 3, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR RESEARCH IN FUSION AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology created in G.S. 143B-426.30 $500,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year for an in-depth investigation of cold fusion to be conducted by a multi-disciplinary research team at North Carolina State University to:
(1)	Determine if cold fusion is, indeed, the result of a nuclear process as suggested by Fleischmann and Pons, or is some unknown chemical process.
(2)	Determine which nuclear reactions are involved and to provide an explanation for why they are occuring.
(3)	Quantify the output of heat.  If heat output exceeds energy input, then cold fusion will herald a new era of power generation.  If heat output does not exceed heat input, cold fusion may still have important applications in the generation of rare isotopes.
(4)	Explore ways to enhance reaction rates while limiting the production of undesired radioactive byproducts and radiation.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.