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ESS reaches 100 employees in the new Headquarters

2/1/2012 4:47 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source Programme is growing fast and today welcomes the 100th employee in the new Headquarter building.
ESS will be the world-leading science facility for materials and life science research with neutrons. The ESS Programme is now in a design and build-up phase, with a fast growing and expanding organisation. This Monday, the ESS staff has moved into the new Headquarters in Medicon...

Novel target station concept a milestone in the technical design of ESS

10/18/2011 5:22 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
ESS has decided to use tungsten as target station material in the future research facility European Spallation Source. The decision is a milestone in the technical design of ESS, and will secure the best scientific performance combined with minimum environmental impact.
The current decision means that the ESS baseline design is a rotating target made of the metal tungsten, which is a novel concept, but based on...

Switzerland joins ESS collaboration

9/21/2011 5:09 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Switzerland has now formally joined the international ESS collaboration. Through signing the multinational Memorandum of Understanding, Switzerland will now take part in the project planning for and the design of the future research facility European Spallation Source.
The signature has taken place in a ceremony close to Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, where the federal Swiss State-Secretary for...

ESS Partner Countries in first in-kind instrumentation meeting

9/9/2011 7:44 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
For the first time, more than 110 scientists from the ESS Partner Countries have met to jointly plan their in-kind contributions to the ESS scientific instruments, that will define the future ESS science.
The first ESS In-Kind Contributions Meeting for Neutron Science for the ESS, IKON-1, was concluded today in Lund, Sweden. Over 110 scientists from ESS partner laboratories took part to present and take part of...

Kick-off for getting involved in the future ESS science

7/22/2011 5:42 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today, a broad consultation on the future science at the European Spallation Source kicks off. With the kick-off conference “Science & Scientists at ESS”, ESS launches a series of meetings where scientists are invited to get involved in designing the future science. The kick-off takes place on 22 and 23 July as a satellite meeting to the European Conference of Neutron Scattering, held in Prague, the Czech Republic.

ESS welcomes new Chief Negotiator Lars Anell

7/13/2011 9:32 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Lars Anell has been appointed as Chief Negotiator for the coming final negotiations with the ESS Partner Countries. The appointment is welcomed by ESS as a key decision in the preparation for the future ESS international convention.
The appointment has been made by the Swedish Government. As the Chief Negotiator, Lars Anell will lead the negotiations on the share and participation of the ESS Partner Countries...

More than 100 scientists exchanged technical R&D advances on high power targets

5/6/2011 6:36 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today the 4th international High Power Targetry Workshop has been concluded in Malmö. The workshop has been an occasion for scientists and engineers from major research laboratories world-wide to discuss advanced technical R&D matters of joint interest.
The 4th HPTW, held on 2-6 May, has focused on discussions and exchanges of common R&D matters relevant to high power targets from the design phase to the...

United Kingdom to join European Spallation Source

4/15/2011 7:25 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The United Kingdom is now joining the European Spallation Source project. The UK was welcomed today at a meeting in Bilbao, Spain, by representatives from the current 16 Partner Countries.
The European Spallation Source will be a next generation research facility for materials and life science with neutrons, and it will be built in southern Sweden.

The United Kingdom has recently expressed its official...

International collaboration on ESS agreed in Paris

2/3/2011 10:00 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today, a multinational Memorandum of Understanding will be signed on the European Spallation Source, providing the basis for the international collaboration for the ESS project planning.
The signing will take place in a ceremony at the Swedish Embassy in France tonight, in the frame of the sixth meeting of the ESS Steering Committee.

The Memorandum of Understanding will provide a basis for the international...

Denmark becomes shareholder in European Spallation Source

12/21/2010 10:42 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Denmark has become shareholder in the European Spallation Source ESS AB, acquiring 26 percent of the shares. At the same time, three representatives from Denmark become Members of the Board.
Sweden and Denmark are host countries for the ESS project. The public company ESS AB, up to now owned solely by the Swedish state, is charged with planning and constructing the research facility ESS. In connection with an...