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The world is running out of helium. Helium is the only element cold enough to keep MRI machines cool enough to function. Without it, doctors lose a valuable imaging tool.
The world is running out of helium. Helium is the only element cold enough to keep MRI machines cool enough to function. Without it, doctors lose a valuable imaging tool.
Helium storage and conservation is a process of maintaining supplies of helium and preventing wasteful loss. Helium is commercially produced as a byproduct of natural gas extraction. Until the mid-1990s, the United States Bureau of Mines operated a large scale helium storage facility to support government requirements for helium.
As of 2012, the United States National Helium Reserve accounted for 30 percent of the world's helium. [84] The reserve was expected to run out of helium in 2018. [84] Despite that, a proposed bill in the United States Senate would allow the reserve to continue to sell the gas.
Map showing helium-rich gas fields and helium processing plants in the United States, 2012. From USGS. Helium production in the United States totaled 73 million cubic meters in 2014. The US was the world's largest helium producer, providing 40 percent of world supply. In addition, the US federal government sold 30 million cubic meters from storage.
The Federal Helium Reserve was supposed to be sold off in 2021. Scientists hope it will remain in government hands. The fate of America's largest supply of helium is up in the air
The Crude Helium Enrichment Unit in the Cliffside Gas Field. Remnants of the Amarillo Helium Plant in 2015. The National Helium Reserve, also known as the Federal Helium Reserve, is a strategic reserve of the United States, which once held over 1 billion cubic meters (about 170,000,000 kg) [a] of helium gas.
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