The impact of selling the federal helium reserve / Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Helium--Economic aspects--United States.

Helium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washingon, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with 1/2minimum market disruption 1/2 and at a price given by a formula specified in the act. It also mandates that the Department of the Interior 1/2enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on whether such disposal of helium reserves will have a substantial adverse effect on U.S. scientific, technical, biomedical, or national security interests. 1/2 This report is the product of that mandate. To provide context, the committee has examined the helium market and the helium industry as a whole to determine how helium users would be affected under various scenarios for selling the reserve within the act 1/2s constraints. The Federal Helium Reserve, the Bush Dome reservoir, and the Cliffside facility are mentioned throughout this report. It is important to recognize that they are distinct entities. The Federal Helium Reserve is federally owned crude helium gas that currently resides in the Bush Dome reservoir. The Cliffside facility includes the storage facility on the Bush Dome reservoir and the associated buildings pipeline.

Contents:

""The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION""; ""FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Reviews of the Helium Industry""; ""Study of the Depletion of the Reserve""; ""Research and Development""; ""Overview""; ""BACKGROUND: PROPERTIES, USES, AND SOURCE OF HELIUM""; ""FEDERAL AND PRIVATE HELIUM FACILITIES AND CAPACITIES""; ""ECONOMICS OF THE HELIUM MARKET""; ""IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION""

""FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS""""Follow-on Studies""; ""Research Programs""; ""1 Properties and History ""; ""UNIQUENESS OF HELIUM""; ""HISTORY OF HELIUM USAGE""; ""2 The U.S. Federal Helium Reserve and the Helium Privatization Act ""; ""FEDERAL AND PRIVATE HELIUM FACILITIES AND CAPACITIES""; ""Federal Helium Facilities""; ""Private Helium Facilities""; ""HELIUM PRIVATIZATION ACT OF 1996""; ""3 Uses of Helium ""; ""INADEQUACY OF DATA ON HELIUM USE""; ""CURRENT USES""; ""Cryogenics""; ""Magnetic Resonance Imaging""; ""Semiconductor Processing""

""Large-Scale Fundamental Research Requiring Helium Temperatures""""Small-Scale Fundamental Research Requiring Helium Temperatures""; ""Pressurizing and Purging""; ""Welding""; ""Arc Welding""; ""Laser Processing""; ""Atmospheric Control""; ""Optical Fiber Manufacture""; ""Plasma-Arc Coating""; ""Plasma-Arc Melting""; ""Heat Treatment""; ""Leak Detection""; ""Breathing Mixtures""; ""Lifting""; ""Other Uses of Helium""; ""POTENTIAL FUTURE USES""; ""Magnetic Levitation""; ""Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage""; ""Energy Conversion Systems""; ""Cryogenic Wind Tunnels""

""Superconducting Electronics""""4 Helium Supply, Present and Future ""; ""SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Crude Helium Extraction from Natural Gas""; ""Purification""; ""HELIUM RESERVES AND RESOURCES""; ""Categories of Helium Reserves and Resources""; ""Future Helium Supply""; ""5 Economics of the Helium Market ""; ""FACTORS AFFECTING THE HELIUM MARKET""; ""THE EFFECT OF A FIXED FEDERAL SALES PRICE""; ""ECONOMICS OF HELIUM STORAGE""; ""6 Impact of the Implementation of the Helium Privatization Act ""; ""IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION""; ""FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Studies""

""Research""""Bibliography""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Agendas for Meetings of the Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve""; ""July 6-7, 1998 Washington, D.C.""; ""February 6-7, 1999 Washington, D.C.""; ""B Helium Privatization Act of 1996""; ""AN ACT""; ""SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE""; ""SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HELIUM ACT""; ""SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY""; ""'SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY""; ""'SEC. 4. STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND WITHDRAWAL OF CRUDE HELIUM""; ""SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF STOCKPILE""; ""'SEC. 8. ELIMINATION OF STOCKPILE""; ""SEC. 6. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO BORROW""

""SEC. 7. LAND CONVEYANCE IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS""

Notes:

"This study by the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the National Materials Advisory Board was conducted under contract number 1422-N66-C98-3002 with the Department of the Interior"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62).

ISBN:

9786610246526

9780309171878

0309171873

9781280246524

1280246529

9780309594127

030959412X

9780585285962

0585285969

OCLC:

923261508