The European Energy Crisis is "far -influence": the world's largest particle accelerator may be suspended due to power deficiency

According to the Wall Street Journal report on the 4th, due to the energy crisis in Europe, the world's largest particle accelerator -large strong son collision (LHC) may be temporarily stopped.

It is reported that Serge Claudet, chairman of the European Nuclear Research Center (CERN) Energy Management Commission, said the organization was drafting a plan to turn off some particle accelerators during the peak of electricity consumption, while studying how to safely use how to safely do it safely Let the large strong child collider idle.

"We are really worried about the stability of the power grid, and we will do our best to prevent power outage from our area." Claudett said.

It is reported that the European Nuclear Research Center is located at the junction of France and Switzerland and is one of France's largest single power consumption. At the peak operation period, the scientific research institution needs to consume nearly 200 MW of electricity, which is equivalent to one -third of the total power consumption of Power consumption in the neighboring city.

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Claudette said that the goal of the European Nuclear Research Center is to continue to maintain the operation of large -scale strong collisions to avoid the damage caused by sudden shutdown to this $ 4.4 billion device. Large -scale strong collision machine is one of the eight particle accelerators owned by the European Nuclear Research Center. The institution also has two particle reducer to study anti -substances.

The report quoted Claudett that the European Nuclear Research Center was negotiating with its power supplier and the French state -owned energy industry giant France (EDF) in order to receive it in advance when the center was forced to reduce the power consumption. Early warning. At that time, the center will prioritize other accelerators other than the large -scale collision machine, which will reduce the overall power consumption by 25%. In addition, if a large strong child crash is turned off, it can also save 25%of the electricity consumption, but this may cause the relevant experiments to delay for several weeks.

Managers of the European Nuclear Research Center are formulating a plan to stop the experiment and will submit the plan to governments funded by the center at the end of the month.

"The budget for scientific research is given by others. If we actively stop scientific research to save energy, we must ensure the support of various funding countries." Claudetite said.

The Wall Street Journal states that these preparations show that the serious energy crisis facing Europe has had a profound impact in more and more areas. At present, French power supply is tight. Earlier, French power companies have found that a pipeline that is crucial to the safety of nuclear power plant reactors is crucially corrosive, which has led to the maintenance of 12 French reactors. The goal is to restart these reactors before the end of the winter. French transmission system operator RTE said that France needs to reduce electricity by 15%during the peak period of electricity consumption this winter to avoid power outage.

It is also mentioned that Russian Energy Giant Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. (Russia) said on Friday that the "Beixi-1" natural gas pipeline will be closed in an unlimited period. As winter is coming, this will promote Europe to be closer to implementation Natural gas is provided to the system.

According to the Russian satellite news agency, the Russian President's Kremlin spokesman Peskov said: "In view of the absurd decision of Europe, it refuses to maintain the equipment of Russia's energy in accordance with the contract, then this (" Beixi- 1 "The closure of natural gas pipelines) is not the fault of the Russian gas company, but the fault of those politicians who determine the sanctions."

(Edit: ZLQ)

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