the long-awaited European Spallation Source (ESS), a next-generation, high-flux neutron source for Europe 1. There are three candidate sites to host the ESS. What is needed now is a decision to ...

Neutrons can be created by nuclear reactions in reactors and accelerators. A spallation source consists of a high-powered accelerator that brings protons with energies of greater than 0.5 GeV ...

This shortfall in capacity is unlikely to be met by the upcoming European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden, so there are plans to plug the gap by building compact, specialist sources. Improvements to ...