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 ESS Scandinavia (ESSS) is the Swedish organisation charged by the government to work towards achieving the location and subsequent construction of the large materials science centre, the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund in southern Sweden. Following an intensive 18-month process, under the auspices of the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, a siting decision was arrived at in favour of Lund on May 28th 2009 at a meeting of European Research Ministers in Brussels. The formalisation of this decision is now underway.
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European Spallation Source is a joint European project, like that of many large-scale research facilities such as CERN in Geneva. The European countries that are interested in building and operating ESS are forming a coalition and entering into a formal agreement with one of the countries that has offered to be host. Consequently, ESS is not an EU project.
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The location of the ESS facility on the Lund site will be subject to a detailed development plan, which will be produced and adopted by the City of Lund in conjunction with ESS Scandinavia. The ESS facility will also require a permit under the Radiation Protection Act.
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ESS Scandinavia has made detailed cost calculations as to how much it will cost to build ESS in Lund. In line with 2007/2008 prices, the combined cost of construction is estimated to be 1.47 billion euros, i.e. 14-15 billion Swedish kronor.
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In October 2009 the ESS Steering Committee held its first meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. On that meeting the decision was made to enter the Pre Construction Phase and start the Design Update.
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