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Selling the nation's helium reserve /

Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market has several anomalous characteristics. Shortly after sources of helium were discovered at the beginni...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Summary
  • 1 Overview, Conclusions, and Recommendations
  • 2 The Helium Supply Chain
  • 3 Demand for Helium
  • 4 Helium Sourcing and Reserves
  • 5 Operation of the Federal Helium Reserve Facilities
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Statement of Task
  • Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members
  • Appendix C: Meeting Agendas
  • Appendix D: The Economics of a Typical Recycling System
  • Appendix E: Auction Types
  • Appendix F: Extraction Path Alternatives
  • Appendix G: Executive Summary of *The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve* (the 2000 Report).