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Helium-3 for Quantum Computing
The Helium-3 Supply
The world's helium-3 comes almost entirely from decaying tritium - a fixed, shrinking source against rising demand, which is the market Kronos's fuel cycle can help supply.
The concept
Helium-3 is produced when tritium (12.3-year half-life) beta-decays. National stockpiles release a limited amount yearly; there is no large natural terrestrial reservoir.
How Kronos uses it
A deuterium fuel cycle breeds tritium (which decays to helium-3) and, in advanced fuels, involves helium-3 directly. Kronos frames this as a strategic materials position - contributing new supply to a constrained market for cryogenics, neutron detection, and quantum computing.
Honest note
Presented as strategic supply, qualitatively; no market-size or price figures are claimed.