It seems that a team of Italian scientists found a way to produce nuclear energy from ferric chloride: http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=TDSoAryImjU&NR=1 http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=TEncIQKJ4N4&feature=related http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=ehOS_o5b_2w&feature=related Unfortunately I can't find any English translation. Here's the link to the home page of Prof. Cardone, the speaker: http://cardonefabio.awardspace.com/ His book: http://www.springer.com/physics/book/978-1-4020-6282-7 At first, I thought it was a scam, but it looks quite real and promising.
According to some pics (not measurements) it's double the output of a "traditional" nuclear reaction.