"The Switzerland-based organization is engaged in talks with French power giant EDF and has requested a day's notice should the CERN need to consume less electricity." via sputniknews Energy prices in Europe have surged since 2021, but the situation worsened drastically after a vast majority of European nations imposed sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. The stiff restrictions, however, backfired, pushing energy costs through the roof. The world's largest accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, could be shut down amid a crippling energy crisis in Europe, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is drafting plans to shut down some of its particle accelerators, as well as investigating how to safely turn off the Large Hadron Collider at times of peak demand, Serge Claudet, chair of the center's energy management panel, said. "Our concern is really grid stability, because we do all we