The Helium-3 Shortage: Supply, Demand, andOptions for CongressАрхивная копия от 9 ноября 2020 на Wayback Machine // FAS, December 22, 2010 (англ.): « It is produced as a byproduct ofnuclear weapons maintenance … At present, helium-3 is only produced as a byproduct of the manufacture and purification oftritium for use in nuclear weapons. The supply of helium-3 therefore derives mostly, perhapsentirely, from two sources: the U.S. and Russian governments. … The U.S. weapons program currently produces tritium by irradiating lithium in a light-waternuclear reactor.», также раздел «Potential Additional Sources» (стр 12)
Why Go Back to the Moon?Архивная копия от 1 ноября 2014 на Wayback Machine // NASA, 2008-01-14: «… helium 3, an isotope extremely rare on Earth, exists in quantity in the lunar soil, implanted by the solar wind. If — a very big if — thermonuclear fusion for energy is produced on Earth, helium 3 would be extremely valuable for fusion reactors because it does not make the reactor radioactive.»
The Helium-3 Shortage: Supply, Demand, andOptions for CongressАрхивная копия от 9 ноября 2020 на Wayback Machine // FAS, December 22, 2010 (англ.): « It is produced as a byproduct ofnuclear weapons maintenance … At present, helium-3 is only produced as a byproduct of the manufacture and purification oftritium for use in nuclear weapons. The supply of helium-3 therefore derives mostly, perhapsentirely, from two sources: the U.S. and Russian governments. … The U.S. weapons program currently produces tritium by irradiating lithium in a light-waternuclear reactor.», также раздел «Potential Additional Sources» (стр 12)
Why Go Back to the Moon?Архивная копия от 1 ноября 2014 на Wayback Machine // NASA, 2008-01-14: «… helium 3, an isotope extremely rare on Earth, exists in quantity in the lunar soil, implanted by the solar wind. If — a very big if — thermonuclear fusion for energy is produced on Earth, helium 3 would be extremely valuable for fusion reactors because it does not make the reactor radioactive.»
