Helium shortage slows nuclear bomb detection program

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11-25-2009

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Helium shortage slows nuclear bomb detection program

NYTimes.com: The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of helium-3. “I have not...

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