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Download: "The ESS in Lund - Effects on regional development" (PDF, 9 Mb)
Number of pages: 148
 Summary: As commissioned by Region Skåne, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has carried out a study on the expected effects on regional development as a result of siting the ESS in Lund.
The ESS, like MAX IV, will be a world leader in its field and together these two facilities will be a hub in the European research infrastructure and be a unique opportunity to create a stimulating research environment. The ESS will contribute to growth in the region and to strengthening the research and development brand of the Øresund Region and Sweden. The effects on growth will partly be direct based on the amount of money that is invested in Skåne, partly more long term and indirect as a result of the significance of the facility for the climate of innovation, technological developments, branding of the region and possible spin-off effects. How great the indirect effects will be is, however, dependent on how well we succeed in integrating the ESS and exploiting the long-term effects it can provide.
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Download the report (pdf)
Link to the Swedish version (pdf)
Excerpt from the Statement from CEO
"We are now approaching the end of the beginning. 2012 is in many ways a pivotal year for ESS, and is not only due to all of the technical work to be completed by the end of the year. Those who say that we still have much work ahead of us are right, yet after the first few months of this year I am convinced we will succeed.
In the first quarter, we introduced the so-called 'Conceptual Design Report' (CDR), which is the first in a series of technical reports. The report, produced under the direction of the Accelerator Division's Steve Peggs, was released in February and on schedule. It is a comprehensive report that describes the conceptual solutions for the ESS technical design within each area. The contents of the report will form the basis for the ‘Technical Design Report ', which will contain detailed technical descriptions and which will be presented at the end of the year.
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Download: "ESS Activity Report 2009-2010" (PDF, 5 MB)
 Foreword: To say that the past twelve months have been a pivotal year for the European Spallation Source would be an understatement.
The political agreement at the end of May 2009 to choose Lund in southern Sweden as the site for ESS has been widely endorsed by the scientific community in Europe and has resulted in a growing number of countries – currently 14 – joining together to take the project through a three-year Design Update phase and on to construction, so that the European community of researchers will have at their disposal the world’s most powerful neutron source.
This has only been achieved through the dedicated work of many people. Of course the energy and determination of the three competing sites – Bilbao, Debrecen and Lund – ultimately ensured that a decision would be taken. This in turn was made possible by the engagement of ESFRI, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, which resolved to reach a conclusion about the siting of the facility, but none of this would have been possible without the pioneering work over 20 years of an impressive assembly of talent.
Now the first hesitant steps are being taken to realise in practice the European Spallation Source. The future decade will be no less challenging than the previous two decades. However, all barriers have been removed and Europe is working together. It will once again require an array of expertise, at least as talented and determined as those who have brought us to this point. But there is no shortage of talent in Europe, and no shortage of determination.
Colin Carlile
Director of ESS
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Download: ESS Scandinavia Booklet "Neutrons & Health" (PDF, 10 Mb)
Number of pages: 30
 Summary: The ESS-Scandinavia team is bringing together the energies and expertise of the scientific community to propose a preliminary programme that will take the project forward. In particular, ESS-Scandinavia is reviewing several aspects of neutron research, such as those related to human health, in order to highlight the impact of neutrons and the challenges that should be met. New neutron methods developed at the ESS will be required to tackle challenges set by the quest for a higher quality of life and better health in a clean environment. They are needed to elucidate more complex biological structures and processes - perhaps eventually in living cells in real time.
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