Denmark & Sweden

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a planned materials science research facility using neutron scattering techniques. It is being built in Lund, Sweden, whilst the ESS Data Management and Software Centre will be located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ESS will start operation in 2019 and will enable scientist to study basic atomic structures of materials of everyday life – from plastics and proteins to medicines and molecules – allowing for an understanding of how they may be optimized.

17 partner countries are represented in the ESS Steering Committee. The estimated cost of the facility is 1.800 bn Euro. Host nations Sweden and Denmark plan to provide half of the sum.

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