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I believe a lot of the US government stockpile of helium was from nuclear reaction byproducts.
by pkaye 7y ago
I believe a lot of the US government stockpile of helium was from nuclear reaction byproducts.
- corprew 7y agoit's removed from "natural gas" when they make LNG. the amount generated by nuclear reaction byproducts is trivial by comparison. See https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022311570901923 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022311570...
- eximius 7y agoSo it'll be running out of helium that will make it finally cost effective? /s
- tedsanders 7y agoYou're thinking of He3 isotopes. Standard He4 is a byproduct from natural gas extraction.