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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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Neutrons are a good instrument for probing material – everything from molecules and medicines to plastics and proteins. The extent as to how detailed studies can be is directly dependent on how many neutrons a neutron source can produce. |
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1993 ESS Council is formed. The organisation consists of 18 major laboratories in 11 European countries.
1997 ESS scientific form and technical data is presented, but Europe is not ready to make a decision. The concept is adopted by the USA, which begins to construct its own spallation facility – Spallation Neutron Source.
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