It was reported in 2013 that a three-year effort by the United States Department of Energy to identify and fix leaks at its laboratories in the United States such as the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where the gas is used as a high voltage insulator, had been productive, cutting annual leaks by 35,000 pounds.
Dilaporkan pada tahun 2013 bahwa upaya tiga tahun oleh Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat untuk mengidentifikasi dan memperbaiki kebocoran di laboratoriumnya di Amerika Serikat seperti Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, di mana gas tersebut berada Digunakan sebagai isolator tegangan tinggi, telah produktif, mengurangi kebocoran tahunan hingga 35,000 pound.