Ibn Al-Haitham Journal (University of Baghdad), 2026-10-04

Found via Google Scholar/ResearchGate snippet: the paper's reference list cites "Perreault, Bruce A. Alpha Fusion Electrical Energy Valve, US Patent ... Jan 2010; 286" [web: ResearchGate snippet in Google results]. Paper: N. M. Abbood and S. A. Ebrahiem, "Study of Nuclear Properties of High Purity Germanium", Ibn Al-Haitham J. Pure Appl. Sci. 33(1), 31-39 (20 Jan 2020), doi 10.30526/33.1.2374. https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/2374 [web] Abstract (paraphrase): computes cross sections for alpha- and proton-induced reactions on germanium isotopes, including (alpha,n)- and (alpha,p)-type reactions, plus photonuclear (gamma,x), (gamma,2n), using evaluated libraries EXFOR, ENDF, JEF, JEFF, GENDL. Relevance: an independent academic source that cites the patent and tabulates the very alpha-on-germanium reactions the patent depends on; its cross-section values would let the reviewers estimate the reaction rate of Ge-72(alpha,n)Se-75 for radon-daughter alphas (claims 1, 2, 6). Full PDF available at https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/2374/1571 (not downloaded: needs owner approval). Next run: read it and extract cross sections at 6-9 MeV.