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Professor Bob Cywinski

The European Spallation Source. The future source for European neutron users. Professor Bob Cywinski. Chairman of ENSA The European Neutron Scattering Association,. The European Neutron Scattering Association, ENSA. ENSA was established in 1994.

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Professor Bob Cywinski

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  1. The European Spallation Source The future source for European neutron users Professor Bob Cywinski Chairman of ENSA The European Neutron Scattering Association,

  2. The European Neutron Scattering Association, ENSA ENSA was established in 1994 ENSA is an affiliation of the national neutron scattering societies which directly represent neutron beam users ENSA is a platform for discussion and a focus for action in neutron scattering and related topics within Europe

  3. The European Neutron Scattering Association, ENSA ENSA was established in 1994 ENSA is an affiliation of the national neutron scattering societies which directly represent neutron beam users ENSA is a platform for discussion and a focus for action in neutron scattering and related topics within Europe There are currently eighteen associated national user societies

  4. Material Science Engineering Earth Science Life Sciences Chemistry Physics 46% 27% 19% 4% 3% 1% The European community is broadly multidisciplinary …. The ENSA Survey of The Neutron Scattering Community and Facilities in Europe(published by ESF, 1996)

  5. …and it has advanced neutron science Mezei and Brown Recipients of the ENSA/Walter Hälg Prize for European Neutron Scattering, in 1999 and 2001

  6. Europe’s lead…. Since 1970 Europe has been able to claim a world lead in neutron scattering…… ……... and hence a strategic advantage in all fields of condensed matter science and technology Partly because of its world leading facilities…..

  7. …and partly because of its neutron user community “ Over 4500 neutron scatterers, two thirds of the world’s total number, reside in Europe and exploit European facilities” This is the largest, most experienced and diverse community of neutron scatterers in the world The ENSA Survey of The Neutron Scattering Community and Facilities in Europe (published by ESF, 1996)

  8. But…. ….because of the imminent closure of many aging reactors and a continuing growth of the neutron scattering community the OECD in 1994 predicted the “neutron drought” 1994 Analytical Report commissioned by the OECD Megascience Forum

  9. The OECD recommendations In 1998 an OECD/ESF twenty year forward look at neutron scattering strongly recommended constructing a new MW spallation source in each of the Asian, North American and European regions These recommendations were endorsed by the OECD Ministerial Conference

  10. In response to the recommendations... Japan and USA have each committed major financial, scientific and technological investments to third generation MW neutron spallation sources... ….for neutron scattering communities each only 10% the size of that in Europe Both new spallation sources will be operational by 2006

  11. The ENSA neutron landscape ENSA has worked to establish a coherent strategy through which the future of European neutron scattering research can be secured. The resulting twenty year perspective - the ENSA Neutron Landscape -is structured as a three tier hierarchy of neutron sources.. The Landscape has been unanimously endorsed by all eighteen national ENSA delegates

  12. to be joined by FRM-II, Munich and possibly by AUSTRON, Vienna The ENSA three tier hierarchy of neutron sources….. The first tier: a network of internationally competitive regional facilities LLB, Saclay SINQ, Villigen BENSC-HMI, Berlin BNC, Budapest IBR2, Dubna

  13. The ENSA three tier hierarchy of neutron sources….. The second tier: ILL and ISIS, the current European flagship facilities... .. enhanced by the ILL Millennium Programme and the ISIS second target station….. ….will provide globally competitive high quality neutron beams for problems at and just beyond the threshold of current capabilities.

  14. The ENSA three tier hierarchy of neutron sources….. With only these two tiers the most challenging problems in condensed matter will be addressed not in Europe, but in the US and Japan where the advanced third generation spallation sources will be operational by 2006….. …..and it is to these new centres of neutron excellence that Europe’s highly trained neutron scientists will migrate. To maintain European competitiveness in the field a third tier is required……. The European Spallation Source

  15. The ENSA three tier hierarchy of neutron sources….. The eighteen national delegates to ENSA have unanimously and emphatically endorsed and embraced the European Spallation Source Project as the only realistic solution for securing the future of a key European scientific and technological strength….. …..and recognised that without political and financial commitment to construct a third generation MW spallation source the centre of gravity for neutron scattering science of the very highest quality will shift from Europe in 2006

  16. The ENSA three tier hierarchy of neutron sources….. ENSA views the ESS as a truly multinational flagship facility at the hub of a powerful and mutually supportive network of regional neutron sources As the third and uppermost tier of the ENSA hierarchy of neutron facilities ESS will provide Europe with neutron beams and advanced instrumentation of unrivalled quality

  17. The ENSA-ESS partnership... ENSA believes that ESS as the future flagship source, will open the new and exciting vistas in condensed matter science and technology across all disciplines….. ….so ENSA has worked closely with ESS to establish the scientific case for ESS and to define the source parameters

  18. And the future…..

  19. The American view……. “Although Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the site of the world’s first experiments in neutron scattering, the world’s leading neutron source is no longer in the United States; it is now in Europe. A new Spallation Neutron Source will change that. Given the medical, scientific, economic and environmental benefits available through neutron science it would be irresponsible not to reclaim world leadership in this critical field.” Vice President Al Gore 21 January 1998 (Office of the Vice President)

  20. The ENSA view……. “Although Europe has held the world lead in neutron scattering for a third of a century, without a commitment to the European Spallation Source this lead will soon be lost to the USA and Japan. Given the medical, scientific, economic and environmental benefits available through neutron science, who will take responsibility for allowing Europe to lose world leadership in this critical field ?”

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