For more than a year, the fate of the Federal Helium Reserve, one of the world’s largest and most dependable suppliers of helium, has been uncertain. ”While scientists are finding new ways to recycle helium, finding storage facilities to hold the  helium that are both impermeable and that are equipped with machinery with which to remove and refine helium on an on-demand basis — as the Federal Helium Reserve does — is no easy task. He has been communicating with government agencies for years about the merits of helium and as recently as last month met with government officials to discuss the reserve