Using conventional explanations, the so-called “miracles” of LENR are explained. There are numerous reactions occurring within the reactor core, categorized as primary reactions, secondary reactions, and tertiary reactions. The two primary reactions are ²D+²D→³T+p and ²D+²D→³He+n. The two secondary reactions are ²D+³T→⁴He+n and ²D+³He→⁴He+p. The tertiary reactions occur outside of the reactor core, but still within the reactor apparatus. There are no gamma rays from either the primary and secondary reactions. There is no neutron suppression. There is no enhancement of the ²D+²D→⁴He+γ reaction. There is no unusual behavior or physics required to overcome Coulomb barrier.

The mechanism is that the four child products, of the prior ²D to ²D reactions, collide with the cold ²D fuel inside the palladium core. The Coulomb barrier is overcome by the transference of kinetic energy to the cold ²D, via collisions with the energetic child products of the previous reactions. These collisions between the energetic ²D and the cold ²D happen frequently enough and energetically enough to sustain the ²D to ²D reaction, as long as the palladium core is maintained with the proper conditions required for a subsequent reaction. Understanding the material science within the palladium core is critical.

The neutrons generated within the reactor core are scattered and quickly thermalized, before they are able to escape the reactor. Once thermalized, the neutrons react with the water-bath, the lithium (in the electrolyte), and the boron (in the borosilicate glass). The neutrons are unable to escape the reactor set-up, but rather are absorbed before they can escape the apparatus.

Mathematical confirmation of a chain reaction has been shown. An LENR reactor can work and does work, using the conventional physics and equations.