1. The European Spallation Source Status and Overview of the Project
Prof. Dimitri Argyriou
Director for Science
27 November 2015

2. Lightning
New
materials
Food
Solar energy
Medicine
Tailor made
materials
Cosmetics
Mobile phones
Pacemakers
Bio fuels
Transportation
Geo science
Implants

3. Properties of neutrons for measurements
Charge neutral
Deeply penetrating
Magnetic moment (spin)
Directly probe magnetism
Scattering
Sensitive to light elements
Li motion in fuel cells
High-Tc superconductivity
Actives sites in proteins
Help build electric cars
Efficient high speed trains
Better drugs

4. Neutron facilities – reactors and particle driven
Berkeley 37-inch cyclotron
350 mCi Ra-Be source
Chadwick
1930
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
105
1010
1015
1020 1
ISIS
Particle driven pulsed
ZING-P
ZING-P’
KENS
WNR
IPNS
ILL
X-10
CP-2
Fission reactors
HFBR
HFIR
NRU
MTR
NRX
CP-1
1940
1950
1960
Effective thermal neutron flux n/cm2-s
(Updated from Neutron Scattering, K. Skold and D. L. Price, eds., Academic Press, 1986)
FRM-II
SINQ
SNS
J-PARC
LANSCE
OPAL
PIK
2030
CARR
CSNS
Dhruva
IBR-II
NIST
RSG
LVR
JRR-3
Particle driven steady state
Pulsed reactor
HANARO
HIFAR
SAFARI-1
SALAM
ETERR-2
MARIA
HOR
JEEP II
ORPHEE
Reactor Sources
Spallation Sources
Year
ESS

5. Long-pulse performance4 8
time (ms)
Brightness (n/cm2/s/sr/Å) 7 5
x1014
ISIS TS1
128 kW
ISIS TS2
32 kW
SNS
1-2 MW
JPARC
0.3-1 MW
ILL 57 MW
ESS 5 MW
2015 design 1 2 3 6
λ = 1.5 Å
2013 design (TDR)
Possibilities of pulse shaping

6. Financing includes cash and deliverables
Host Countries of Sweden and Denmark
Construction %
Operations %
Non Host Member Countries
Construction %
Operations %
In-kind Deliverables ~ 3%
Cash Investment ~ 97%
In-kind Deliverables ~ 70%
Cash Investment ~ 30%

7. Construction investment
Already committed
Sweden (member)
35.0 %
Denmark (member) *
12.5 %
Germany (member) *
11.0 %
United Kingdom (observer)
10.0 %
France (member)
8.0 %
Italy (member)
6.0 %
Spain (observer) *
5.0 %
Switzerland (member)
3.5 %
Norway (member)
2.5 %
Poland (member)
2.0 %
Czech Republic (member)
Hungary (member)
0.95 %
Lithuania (future member)
0.45 %
Estonia (member)
0.25 %
Total
99.15 %
Belgium (observer)
tbd
Netherlands (observer)
Greece (future observer)
Iceland
Latvia
Founding Members
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
France
Italy
Hungary
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
Founding observers
Belgium
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Ireland
Discussions: Portugal, Turkey, Finland
* Includes Pre-construction Costs

8. Organisation
~ 100
Partner Institutes
345
Employees 45
Nationalities

9. ESS AB transitioned into European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
Swedish limited liability corporation
owned by the Swedish and Danish governments
ESS ERIC
European Research Infrastructure Consortium
Sole governing body: the European Spallation Source ERIC Council, comprised of representatives from the Member and Observer Countries
transfer of assets,
obligations and
personnel
by Oct 1, 2015

10. ESS AB transitioned into European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
19 August 2015 The European Commission formally adopted its decision to establish the European Spallation Source (ESS) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC. 28 August 2015 Decision entered into force
ERIC Founding Members
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
France
Italy
Hungary
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
ERIC Founding Observers
Belgium
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
ERIC Potential Members
Greece
Turkey
Portugal
Finland

11. European Spallation Source
ESS AB transitioned into European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
European Spallation Source
ERIC Council

12. Ground Break & Foundation Stone Ceremony
Ground Break Event
2 September 2014 (200 guests)
Official start of the construction!
Foundation Stone Ceremony
9 October 2014 (700 guests)
Programme on site including speeches, partner video, walking tour and reception
Science Symposium in Lund
Mobilized partners and stakeholders for construction!

13. ERIC Plate Ceremony Handing over of the ERIC Plate
8 September 2015 (60 guests) onsite
Marks the transition from ESS AB to The European Spallation Source ERIC
Speakers:
Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research
Dr. Esben Lunde Larsen, Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science

14. Road to realizing the world’s leading facility for research using neutrons
2014
Construction work starts on the site
2009
Decision: ESS will be built in Lund
2025
ESS construction complete
2003
First European design effort of ESS completed
2012
ESS Design Update phase complete
2019
First neutrons on instruments
2023
ESS starts
user program

15. Progress on civil construction
July

16. Progress on civil construction
August

17. Progress on civil construction
August
September

18. Progress on civil construction October
Target, G02, Retaining wall, CTL, H06, G01, FEB, HEBT
Aug 2015
Progress on civil construction
October

19. Progress on civil construction Progress on civil construction October
Target, G02, Retaining wall, CTL, H06, G01, FEB, HEBT
Aug 2015
Progress on civil construction
Progress on civil construction
October

20. Progress on civil construction
Target Tunnel Sep 2015
October

21. Key Project Parameters
Deliver on the Technical Design Report performance and Steering Committee commitments
5 MW accelerator capability
Cost Book construction cost of B€2013
Cost Book annual operations cost target of 140 M€2013
22 “public” instruments (16 included in the construction budget)
Start w/ unconstrained resources (technically limited schedule) and develop credible project execution plans
Comprehensive review of project baseline and execution plans
Secure funding and resources and align schedules with the available resources
Basic ESS facts and project execution strategy

22. ESS Schedule baseline – external milestones
Milstone
Date
Delivery TDR and Start Construction Phase
Jan 2013
Start Site Preparations
Jul 2014
Start First Installations for Accelerator On-site
Sep 2016
Ready for first Beam on Target
Dec 2019
Machine installed 2.0 GeV Performance
Dec 2022
Construction Phase Instruments Complete
Dec 2025

23. ESS construction cost baseline
(Jan 2013 pricing)
M EUR
Conventional Facilities
531.9
CF scope supported by host countries
-93.0
Accelerator Systems
510.2
Target Systems
155.2
Integrated Control System
73.0
Design & Engineering
33.7
Neutron Scattering Systems
350.0
Project Support & Administration and Licensing
123.8
Contingency
158.2
Total Construction Budget and ESS Cost Book Value
1843.0

24. ESS In-kind Goals 40.5% Construction cost: € 1.84 Billion
In-kind: € Million
40.5%
€ 510 M
€ 350 M
€ 155 M
€ 73 M

25. Thank you!