In Tore Supra, density fluctuations near to the plasma edge present up-down
asymmetries which increase with the edge safety factor, weakly depend on d
ensity and reverse with the plasma current direction. The strongest asymmet
ries are observed in the particular case where the plasma is leaning on the
lower limiter close to the measurement chord, with a connection length alo
ng the magnetic field line to the lower measurement region of the order of
0.6 m. For strong asymmetries, top and bottom k-spectra have different slop
es. Possible theoretical explanations for these asymmetries are briefly dis
cussed.