A major objective of the LENR Research Documentation Initiative is to make the research of the participating investigators better known to others in the field and to the larger scientific community. Postings of descriptions of LENR research records is at the discretion of the participating researchers.
Participants in the LRDI vary greatly in their LENR research experience and types and quantity of records. Other variiables are the methods of recording experiments, kinds of storage media and accessibility of the records. The LRDI procedure is flexible and is readily adapted to the various researcher situations. As noted, a project is set up under the LRDI umbrella for each participant or organization.
Candidates for participation are identified based on contributions to the LENR research, level of interest in the LRDI, proximity to leaving the field and potential risks of loss of the records. The participants as of July 2020 are listed below with Project names and approximate start dates. The LRDI Project Reports are listed here.
| Participant | Project | Start |
|---|---|---|
| Storms, Edmund | Cold Fusion Experiments and Theory Development: Documentation of Dr. Edmund Storms’ LENR Research Career | 8/2015 |
| Claytor, Tom Fowler, Malcolm | LENR Investigations by Tom Claytor and Malcolm Fowler at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Beyond | 2/2016 |
| Pease, Dennis El-Boher, Arik Hubler, Graham | Documentation of Cold Fusion Research at the Sidney Kimmel Institute for Nuclear Renaissance (SKINR) | 8/2018 |
| Nagel, David | Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR): Science, Engineering, and Business: Documentation of the LENR Career of David J. Nagel | 9/2018 |
| Srinivasan, Mahadeva | Documentation of Dr. Mahadeva Srinivasan’s Cold Fusion Research | 10/2018 |
| Letts, Dennis | Documentation of LENR Investigations by Dennis Letts | 2/2019 |
| Miles, Melvin | Documentation of LENR Investigations by Melvin Miles at the U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station – China Lake and Beyond | 5/2019 |
| Miley, George | LENR Investigations by George Miley at the University of Illinois | 8/2019 |
| Nagel, David Hubler, Graham Imam, Ashraf | Documentation of LENR Research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 10/2019 |
| Tanzella, Fran | LENR Investigations by Fran Tanzella at SRI International | 10/2019 |
| Little, Scott Little, Mariss | Scott Little’s and Marissa Little’s LENR Research at EarthTech International | 1/2020 |
| Forsley, Larry | Documentation of Larry Forsley’s LENR Research with SPAWAR and Other Organizations | 2/2020 |
| Gluck, Peter Nagel, Dave | Documentation of Dr. Peter Gluck’s Ego Out Blogpost | 3/2020 |
| Passell, Tom | Documentation of Dr. Tom Passell’s LENR Research at the Electric Power Research Institute and Beyond | 4/2020 |
| Beaudette, Charles | Description of Dr. Charles Beaudette’s Contributions to the LENR Field | 5/2020 |
| Gordon, Frank Mosier-Boss, Pam | “Chemical Aspects of the Pd/H – H2O System in Its Nuclear Active State (2011)” by Dr. Stanislaw Szpak, with Dr. Frank Gordon | 6/2020 |
| Ruby Carat & Edmund Storms | Dr. Edmund Storms’ Research Career – Interviews and Annotations: A Resource for a LENR Research Biography | 7/2020 |
| Kowalski, Linda | Documentation of Ludwik Kowalski’s Contributions to the LENR Field | 8/2020 |
| Lomax, A. | Documentation of Contributions to the Cold Fusion Field by Abd Lomax | 5/2021 |
The projects are in various stages of the LRDI procedure, from initial site visit to draft versions of the report. Records have been collected, and interviews have been accomplished with each of the participants. Nearly all of the investigators have published reports, electronic and hardcopy files, and a LENR library, and most of them have labs and associated experimental records.