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Von der Leyen shares regrets, growth plans at European nuclear summit
In 1990, 30 percent of Europe’s electricity came from nuclear power plants. In 2026, it is closer to 15 percent.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lamented the decline of nuclear energy, calling it a “strategic mistake” when Europe turned its back on a “reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power.”
L. I. Krupnik, G. N. Deshko, A. I. Zhezhera, A. A. Chmyga, A. D. Komarov, A. S. Kozachek, A. V. Melnikov, S. V. Perfilov, M. Otte, M. Shubert
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 50 | Number 2 | August 2006 | Pages 276-280
Technical Paper | Stellarators | doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1246
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A conceptual design for a heavy ion beam probe diagnostic for the stellarator WEGA in Greifswald (Germany) is developed to provide measurements of the radial profiles of the electric plasma potential, density, and their fluctuations. Calculations of probing Na+ beam trajectories were done for the various WEGA diagnostics ports with B0 from 0.087 to 0.5 T. They show that satisfactory access may be possible for C+ C- port combinations.