Tritium stored at Canada's Darlington nuclear power plant will be a source of helium-3 for applications in quantum computing, medicine and security. Laurentis Energy Partners plans to extract and commercialize the isotope from the end of this year.

The company is currently installing "a new custom-designed tool" at Darlington to extract helium-3. It intends to "develop a long-term commercial agreement ... to further refine and distribute helium-3 to customers around the world in healthcare, security and advanced research."

Helium-3 is a non-radioactive stable gas with a wide range of applications. It is used in security monitors at ports worldwide to detect radioactive materials; in science and quantum computing it is used to cool equipment to temperatures close to absolute zero; it is needed by particle accelerators; and as a stable and non-radioactive gas, it can enhance magnetic resonance imaging of the lungs.

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Helium-3 to be extracted from Canadian tritium

Source: wnn