Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 Overview; 4 1 Properties and History; 5 2 U.S. Federal Helium Reserve and the Helium Privatization Act; 6 3 Uses of Helium; 7 4 Helium Supply, Present and Future; 8 5 Economics of the Helium Market; 9 6 Impact of the Implementation of the Helium Privatization Act; 10 Bibliography; 11 A: Agendas for Meetings of the Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve; 12 B: Helium Privatization Act of 1996; 13 C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 14 D: List of Acronyms and Definitions

About the Author

Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council