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.

Almost 350 scientists were gathered in Berlin on the 19th April for a two day conference about the scientific possibilities at the future European Spallation Source.

The conference “Science & Scientists at ESS”was the largest in a series of conferences, meetings and workshops with the aim of asking European scientists what science they want to do at the future ESS. Today, neutrons are used for advanced studies on the molecular level within a wide variety of scientific disciplines. The details of the science that will be done at the ESS will be decided over the coming years, based on the input that will be given by the science community over the next few years.

At the end of 2012 the ESS will finalise its Technical Design Report and Pre Construction Report which will allow the ESS to allocate required resources and further define its core technical programmes.  ESS requests its future partners in Industry to participate in the Market Research Survey 2012.

The necessary documentation and instructions on how to participate is published in the link below. The closing date for all submitted responses is 28th May 2012.

Download the survey (zip 2.5 MB)

Today ESS published the annual report for 2011. The report can be downloaded, in Swedish, from our Swedish site: http://esss.se/sv. The report is currently being translated to English and will soon be published on this site.