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Zaporizhzhia ‘extremely fragile’ relying on single off-site power line, IAEA warns
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has just one remaining power line for essential nuclear safety and security functions, compared with its original 10 functional lines before the military conflict with Russia, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
S. Matsuyama, S. Shinohara, O. Kaneko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 362-365
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963481
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Applying a voltage on the rectangular metal plate in RF produced plasma, two-dimensional profiles of ion saturation current, transverse plasma flow and floating potential were measured, changing a filling pressure, magnetic field and applied voltage. It was found that near the plate surface, plasma density was lower and the spatial inhomogeneity of shifted profile was enhanced, which was consistent with the Mach probe measurement and E × B direction (E: electrostatic field, B: magnetic field).
