CEA elliptical cavity prototype

Technology

ESS will be one of the most technologically advanced Big Science facilities on the planet. It will host the world's most powerful linear proton accelerator, the first target system of its kind, the most efficient moderator-reflector system ever designed, and 1.68 million facility control points.

  • Milestones
  • First Beam from Ion Source
    2018
  • Initial Operations
    2019
  • Accelerator Beam on Dump
    2021
  • Accelerator Beam on Target (First Neutrons)
    2022

Accelerator Systems

42 In-Kind Work Packages, from 18 Institutes, in 8 Countries

The ESS accelerator high level requirements are to provide a 2.86 ms long proton pulse at 2 GeV at repetition rate of 14 Hz. This represents 5 MW of average beam power with a 4% duty cycle on target.

  • ACCELERATING CAVITIES
    155
  • HIGH-POWER RF SOURCES
    152
  • MAGNETS
    353
  • Approx. LENGTH (m)
    500
  • Approx. Particle Speed (m/s)
    2.9x10ˆ8

From Sicily to Sweden: Ion Source Delivered

The first machine components were lowered into the Accelerator Tunnel Tuesday as ESS took delivery of the LINAC's Ion Source and Low-Energy Beam Transport line from Italy's INFN.

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How Do You Power the World’s Most Powerful Linac?

Carlos Martins and his ESS power converters team have successfully brought a new high-voltage modulator design to series production.

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The Accelerator Comes Together in Lund: A Talk With Roland Garoby

“It is really a treasure chest that is being built here.”

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Target Systems 

21 In-Kind Work Packages from seven Institutes in six Countries

The spallation process at ESS will take place when the accelerated proton beam hits the tungsten bricks of the 11-tonne target, producing unprecedented neutron brightness for scientific experiments across multiple disciplines.

  • Target Weight (Tonnes)
    11
  • Wheel RPM
    23 1/3
  • Monolith Diameter (m)
    11
  • Neutron Beam Ports
    42
  • Neutrons per Second
    10ˆ18
moderator weld

Butterfly Moderator Manufacturing Completed at Jülich

The ESS Target Division has announced that manufacturing of all three Butterfly V2 cold moderators was completed in December.

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ess bilbao Target Wheel Prototype

Machine Systems Advance at Bilbao as Spain Makes a Move Toward Full ERIC Membership

The Spanish government has moved forward in its process to become a full member of the European Spallation Source ERIC. The agreement allows ESS Bilbao’s critical contributions to the Accelerator and Target systems to advance.

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Novel Technology Advances as Budapest Neutron Centre Leads Optimisation of ESS Moderator

Hungary's BNC-Wigner is building a prototype of the ESS moderator test beamline.

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Integrated Control System (ICS)

20 In-Kind Work Packages from 11 Institutes in 9 Countries

The Integrated Control System (ICS) for the European Spallation Source is a complex network of hardware, software and configuration databases that integrates the operations of all the various parts of the Accelerator, Target, Instrument and Conventional Facility infrastructures. It is based on the EPICS framework.

  • Lines of Code
    7x10ˆ6
  • Server Storage Capacity
    2 PB
  • Micro-TCA Systems
    461
  • PLCs
    289
  • Control Points
    1.68x10ˆ6

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