The European Spallation Source (ESS) will be a multi-disciplinary research centre based on the world’s most powerful neutron source. UK-ESS is the UK’s contribution to the project. Once constructed, in Lund, Sweden, it will provide new opportunities for researchers in a broad range of scientific areas including life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics.
The ESS will be an accelerator-based facility producing neutrons for a large array of advanced instruments. It is one of Europe’s largest scientific projects. Construction started in July 2014, aiming at the source producing first neutrons around 2020.
We are keen for UK industry to play a major role in building the 1.8 B€ ESS project. There are three routes for industrial involvement in the ESS:
An event was held on 22 November 2016 focused on how UK industry can engage with the ESS. All presentations from the event can be found here.
For more information, contact the UK industry liaison to the ESS:
Carol Watts
Tel: +44 (0)1793 442015
Last updated: 28 June 2018