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Helium Reserve Committee
Board on Physics and Astronomy
National Materials Advisory Board
National Research Council
Statement of Task
The study's primary task was to examine whether selling off the federal helium reserve in the manner prescribed in the Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) would have an adverse effect on U.S. scientific, technical, biomedical, and national security users of helium. To provide a meaningful context for this effort, the study will also examine the helium market and the helium industry as a whole in order to determine how the above users would be affected under various economic scenarios for selling off the reserve within the constraints set forth in the pertinent legislation.
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Meeting Schedule
July 6-7, 1998
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First Meeting of the Committee in Washington, DC
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October 6, 1998
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Meeting with helium producers and refiners from the Helium Advisory Council, Washington, DC
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December 8, 1998
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Meeting with industry users of helium, Washington DC
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February 6-7, 1999
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Final meeting of the committee
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March 6, 2000
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Completion of report and report review
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June, 2000
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Target date for publication of final report
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Committee Membership
John David Reppy, Co-chair, Cornell University
Robert Ray Beebe, Co-chair, Consultant, Tucson, AZ
Allen Marshall Goldman, University of Minnesota
Herbert R. Lander, Boeing/Rocketdyne
Molly K. Macauley, Resources for the Future
Mark A. Miller, University of Texas at Austin
Adam Z. Rose, Pennsylvania State University
Tom A. Siewert, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Robert M. Weisskoff, Massachusetts General Hospital NMR Center
NRC Staff:
Donald C. Shapero, Director, BPA, Study Director
Kevin Aylesworth, BPA Program Officer
Dan Morgan, NMAB Senior Program Officer
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