The impact of selling the federal helium reserve /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
©2000.
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Colección: | Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 RECOMMENDATIONSFollow-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 TemperaturesSmall-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 Electronics4 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
- ResearchBibliography
- 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