I think he's going to get the awards and cudos for all of it.
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/yekim/BECNF-Ni-Hydrogen.pdf
The second problem, I am sure you picked up on, is that it has nothing to do with your invocation of the ability to manipulate weak interactions, and for that theory I believe you are quite on your own and free to publish without having to worry overly much about priority.