ESS revises project plan and budget
The research facility European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, has finalised an extensive and thorough reassessment of the schedule for completion and additional costs, driven by delays caused by the on-going Covid-19 pandemic as well as technical challenges. The new revised baseline for the ESS construction project entails a two-year-delay.[ESS site November 2021]
ESS, November 2021. Photo: Perry Nordeng/ESS
The civil construction at ESS will, despite challenges caused by the pandemic, be finalised before the end of the year and all the 23