European Spallation Source Ess Ab: France delivers essential accelerator component to ESS

A key accelerator component from France has been delivered to the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, as part of the French in-kind contributions to the next-generation research infrastructure. The Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) is the first accelerating structure in the ESS linear accelerator and has been designed, developed and manufactured by French in-kind partner CEA at its institute IRFU (Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe). [] The RFQ arrived yesterday after a three-day-long journey by truck from CEA Saclay's research institute IRFU