Tonight at a meeting of Research Ministers in Brussels a decision was reached on the siting of the ESS. Lund was supported by seven countries with a further two voting with the majority. We heartily thank our fellow site contenders. Without this strong competition there could not have been a decision.

Now we must all work together in the neutron community of Europe to built the next generation neutron source.

We express our heartfelt thanks to all who have supported us in this endeavour. Now the real work begins!

Colin Carlile and the whole ESS Scandinavia team