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Chemistry World
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Shortages spur race for helium-3 alternatives The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, based in Tokai, needs 100,000 liters of helium-3 to run properly, but has secured only 85,000 liters. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
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Physics Projects Deflate for Lack of Helium-3 U.S. radiation detectors suck up the existing supply |
Chemistry World
July 5, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
US vulnerable to a shortage of critical isotopes Significant weaknesses in how the US Department of Energy manages its isotope program could leave the country vulnerable to surprise shortages, an investigation launched by legislators a year ago concludes. |
Chemistry World
July 28, 2015
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US government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab Safety failings at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have been described as 'unsatisfactory' by the US government. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2002
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Radioactive Recycling If the Department of Energy has its way, the nation's nuclear garbage could end up in everyday items like bicycles, frying pans, and baby strollers. |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Advancing Hidden Nuclear Material Detection On any given day, ships and trucks deliver cargo containers filled with tons of imported goods. Homeland security officials have long warned that terrorists may use them to smuggle nuclear materials into the United States. |
National Defense
September 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Radiation Detection Portal Program Comes to an End One of the Department of Homeland Security's most troubled technology development programs came to an end in July, when the Advanced Spectrographic Portals, which were designed to ferret out nuclear material at ports, was terminated. |
Chemistry World
May 11, 2012
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Gas separation with graphene nanopores Scientists in New Zealand, the US and Germany have developed a way of using tiny pores in a graphene sheet to separate different isotopes of helium. |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2009
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US turns to science to help rebuild its economy The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to spend $1.2 billion from the recently enacted economic stimulus bill to create new jobs and bolster the nation's long-term scientific capacity. |
