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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...

France confirms its support for ESS with the signing of MoUs in Stockholm

12/13/2010 10:10 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today, the European Spallation source and the French research agencies CEA and CNRS have started a collaborative work on the ESS Design Update. The collaboration agreements signed today will cover mainly technical R&D for the ESS project.
The agreements were signed in a ceremony at the French Embassy in Stockholm by the ESS Director-General Colin Carlile, the CEA General Administrator Bernard Bigot and Joël...

European Spallation Source interrim report for third quarter: Operations are bui...

11/4/2010 6:32 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The new public company European Spallation Source ESS AB has published its first interrim report, showing an organisation in a strong growth phase.
European Spallation Source ESS AB has existed as a company for four months, after the transfer of the activities from Lund University on 1 July.  The company is today wholly owned by the Swedish state through the Ministry of Education. 

ESS AB is responsible for...

ESS is launching search for Project Director

11/3/2010 10:01 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source today started the recruitment of a Project Director, that will head the ESS Project Office and supervise the construction.
The ESS project organization is rapidly expanding.  The Project Director will be responsible for and managing all planning, coordination, control and follow-up necessary, as well as for developing a technical partner strategy.

The Project Director will be a...

Hungarian pioneer Ferenc Mezei joins the ESS project

4/1/2010 3:55 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden, is today joined by Professor Ferenc Mezei, one of the originators of the initial ESS technical design.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials and life science using neutrons. It will be built in Lund in southern Sweden. Fourteen European countries are currently partners in the project, which has now entered...

Physics community shows a large interest for ESS as a unique research tool

12/4/2009 8:36 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
More than 100 international scientists took part in the ESS Workshop on particle and medical physics, concluded today. The participation exceeded the expectations, showing the very large interest for ESS as a unique research tool for fundamental physics.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for investigation with neutrons. The scientific planning has already started...

ESS invites physicists to shape future science programmes

11/26/2009 7:10 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
On 2-4 December, the European Spallation Source invites the physics communities to identify the unique research opportunities that the ESS will provide within fundamental and medical physics, in order to shape an important science programme at ESS.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials research with neutrons. The scientific planning has started in order...