The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried.
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But not nearly the required amounts. We currently use about 6 million metric tons of helium per year.
If fusion plants ever become a commercially viable thing (and that's a big if), they will never be able to supply anything close to that.