Plans for the ESS Linac

Lund was chosen as the site of the European Spallation Source in May 2009. The Design Update phase (January 2011 to December 2012) will be completed by the delivery of a Technical Design Report. After approval of the CDR, the ESS project will proceed to construction, installation, and commissioning. The superconducting linac is expected to begin delivering beam to users in 2019, eventually delivering an average beam power of 5 MW to a single neutron target station with a proton (H) macro-pulse current of (provisionally) 50 mA at 2.5 GeV in 2.0 ms long pulses at a repetition rate of 20 Hz .