ESS on Vetenskapsradion

Mats Lindroos, Head of the Accelerator Division, described the current status of ESS, and Press Officer Julia Öberg explained the challenges of running a project in which 13 European countries are collaborating and together delivering a million different parts to this gigantic research facility.

Proton accelerator at ESS

In a few years, the facility will be conducting world-leading research and studying materials at individual atom level, and developing tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals and medical treatments, smarter energy technology, and new motors and batteries.

After seven years of construction, it will soon be time to test the proton accelerator at ESS in Lund. Above ground, the facility still resembles a building site, but below the surface the construction work has come much further, so it will soon be possible to test the proton beam.