Since the investigators said precisely the opposite (other than the reactor already being in operation), one wonders where Rosen gets his information.
I think I understand why Rossi got the device going before they arrived. Because he didn’t do that when the NASA boys showed up, and that demo was a fiasco. Since they were talking about 2 different tests, at least the team would have something to measure if he got it started the first test. Then they would have enough confidence to stick around for the 2nd startup, unlike the NASA guys who are SO busy looking at other supposedly far superior candidates for energy production.