Hungary to be 14th Partner Country in European Spallation Source

Hungary will become the 14th Partner Country in the European Spallation Source research center. All three of the former site contenders now join forces to build the ESS in Sweden.

The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials and life science with neutrons, and it will be built in Lund in southern Sweden. In a Letter of Intent the Hungarian Government declares its recognition for Lund as the site for ESS. Hungary also states that it will actively work for the realisation of the ESS through in kind contributions and funding to the technological design review. - We warmly welcome our Hungarian collegues to join the ESS project, says Colin Carlile, Director of the ESS. This means all of the three former site contenders Spain, Hungary and Sweden now join forces, which is the best Christmas gift we could have hoped for. - Hungarian scientists have provided invaluable contributions to the ESS technical design. In the construction of the ESS, we need the expertise of the Hungarian science community and of the ESS Hungary team. Hungary will be invited to the next meeting of the ESS Steering Committee, to be held in February. In October, the current 13 Partner Countries of the ESS Steering Committee launched the ESS Pre-Construction Phase.

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