Developing new sources of reliable and sustainable long-term helium supply in North America to secure the future for science and industry. https://xitter.cf/t.co/lsqzgg7gNX

Calgary, Alberta
Joined April 2015
North American Helium CEO, Nicholas Snyder, speaks about the current helium crisis with @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway on the Odd Lots podcast
NEW ODD LOTSL The helium shortage @tracyalloway and I talk to Nicholas Snyder, CEO of North Americah Helium about a commodity with a surprising number of industrial applications, including and especially the semiconductor industry podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Global helium supplies could be 20% short of demand if the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and cavern storage… www.​gasworld.​com/story/helium-summit-helium-market-shortage-could-widen-to-20-if-helium-caverns-are-depleted/2262284.​article/ #gasworld #industrialgas
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The price of helium has tripled since March, and it could go even higher, says Rich Brooke, a former executive at Air Liquide and current industry consultant. cbsn.ws/4zITAtu
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The world's helium supply is facing a shortage seven months after Iranian strikes on a Qatari gas facility and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A range of industries are feeling the impact with no end to the war in sight. cbsn.ws/4elQSSj
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Helium, required for semiconductor production, is now in short supply as the war with Iran drags on. How long can the U.S. help meet growing demand from around the world? Rich Brooke, a former executive at Air Liquide, weighs in. cbsn.ws/4BcR8Np
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“If we do not have helium, we'll have to shut down,” says Surya Iyer, president and COO of Polar Semiconductors. The semiconductor industry consumes one-fifth of the world’s helium to make chips used in everything from smartphones to pacemakers. Now, that helium is in short supply. cbsn.ws/4k2lvzM
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No helium means no new smartphones, laptops, cars, MRI machines, or missiles. This irreplaceable resource is now in short supply as the war with Iran continues. @jon_wertheim reports, Sunday on 60 Minutes.
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A solar-powered, helium-filled aircraft recently flew from New Mexico to Japan and back. When stationed over southeastern Japan, it beamed down phone service down from the stratosphere. Softbank and Sceye want to sell the service starting in 2027. spectrum.ieee.org/high-altit…
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These are the cryogenically cooled superconducting accelerator units used in the LCLS-II beam currently being upgraded at SLAC. Many people assume the big pipe is the core, but that's just the helium gas return line. The sealed pipe with the pink cover is the beam. These sections are built elsewhere and delivered for integration into the beamline. The helium comes in at 2K as a liquid and returns as a low pressure gas. The whole thing is in a vacuum, there's MLI around the inside of the pressure vessel followed my a medal shield and then the rest of the hardware is suspended inside minimizing the amount of support material that would conduct heat in from the surface.
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Gases and cryogenic equipment are embedded in the aerospace sector, and for industrial gas majors, the space industry increasingly represents a key… www.​gasworld.​com/story/how-the-industrial-gas-majors-view-the-space-opportunity/2261520.​article/ #gasworld #industrialgas
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Air Liquide expects its electronics business to grow from €2.​5bn ($2.​8bn) in revenue in 2025 to over €4bn ($4.​5bn) by 2030, as… www.​gasworld.​com/story/ai-chip-demand-to-drive-air-liquide-electronics-sales-above-e4bn-by-2030/2261233.​article/ #gasworld #industrialgas
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One of the biggest engineering challenges in fusion isn't creating the heat. It's managing it. Here, ORNL fusion engineer Cody Wiggins inspects the Helium Flow Loop Experiment, where high-pressure helium is used to test cooling strategies for future fusion energy systems.
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The @valaratomics plan calls for 456 helium cooled reactors on about 9,000 acres near Price, Utah to power AI data centers. That's 9.6 gigawatts, more than double what Utah generates on average. The state already approved a 640 acre lease and the first reactors are targeted for 2028. Great topic for @techimpactTV interestingengineering.com/e…
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