The administration indicated at the time that a plan of action for helium would be issued as soon as last summer, but nearly a year later, the scientific community is still waiting. The executive order directed federal agencies to collaborate to safeguard America’s access to helium. Scientists said they were heartened when the Trump administration included helium in its declaration of critical minerals issued in the spring of 2018. “Someone will say, ‘Hey, we’re not getting any helium in Chicago’ and other messages will follow. With rationing, it is becoming increasing difficult to guarantee regular deliveries of helium which is causing disruption to laboratory through put and. The messages serve as an early warning system for when and where supplies are running low. The problem is there’s not enough helium to go around. In addition to being used as a cooling fluid for superconducting magnets, which are in turn used for experiments related to the development of pharmaceutical drugs, helium is also used by NASA to separate fuels in rockets and by the Defense Department to create cutting edge tools, including radiation-detecting sensors. Hayes said the magnets could be irreparably damaged if she didn't regularly bathe them in liquid helium. The types of magnets Hayes uses for research typically range in cost from a few hundred thousand dollars to a million dollars. (Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images) Joyce Marshall / Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images file Deward Cawthon, plant operator at the Federal Helium Reserve, walks through the Federal Crude Helium Enrichment Unit near Amarillo, Texas, on July 6, 2011.
Ultimately what is at stake here is with this shortage starting to affect the world, many people would go unemployed at jobs such as Party stores, Tire shops, and most importantly the hospitals that use this element to treat subjects who suffer from asthma. Hayes is among the nation's scientists who rely upon helium to keep their super-conducting magnets in operating condition. Others maintain that the pricing stock for helium is the leading cause of this shortage.
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