Site Selection
Originally, three possible ESS sites were under serious consideration: Bilbao (Spain), Debrecen (Hungary) and Lund (Sweden).
On May 28, 2009, 7 countries indicated support for placing ESS in Sweden. Furthermore, Switzerland and Italy indicated that they would support the site in majority.
On June 6, 2009, Spain withdrew the Bilbao candidacy and signed a collaboration agreement with Sweden, supporting Lund as the main site, but with key component development work being performed in Bilbao. This effectively settled the location of the ESS; detailed economical negotiations between the participating countries are now taking place, making way for a formal decision in the short term.
On December 18, 2009, Hungary also chose to tentatively support ESS in Lund, thus withdrawing the candidacy of Debrecen.
ESS Scandinavia will be hosted jointly by Sweden and Denmark, with the source itself placed in Lund, Sweden and a data management facility in the Copenhagen area. Among special Danish competences is simulation of neutron scattering, since DTU Physics in Lyngby is the home of the McStas software collaboration (formerly Risø DTU), also comprising the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France and Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland
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