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lang=EN-GB>ESS-BILBAO ANNOUNCES AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON TECHNOLOGIES
RELATING TO SPALLATION SOURCES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Opportunity for top
international experts to discuss accelerator and target technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>The meeting will be held in
March next year in Bilbao<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span
lang=EN-GB>The ESS-Bilbao consortium has announced, an International Workshop held
in Bilbao, in March 2009, on the current challenges and future prospects for
accelerator and target technologies. Top international experts in accelerator
and target technologies are expected to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB>The aim of the workshop is to identify the day-to-day challenges
faced by experts in this type of technology and to analyse the prospects for
the future of this technology, with the ultimate aim of developing new,
innovative accelerator and target technologies to make progress in the design
and construction of state-of-the-art Spallation Neutron Sources. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span
lang=EN-GB>The International Advisory committee is made up of twenty scientists
from major International Centres such as CERN, SNS, ISIS, among others. The
head of the local organising committee and Interim Project Manager of the ESS-B
consortium, Cristina Oyón, considers that the Workshop is “an opportunity
to discuss the current and future technological challenges with top
international experts in this field”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB>Oyón declared that, “For ESS-B, it is very important to be up
to date in the development of technologies that will allow progress to be made
in the design and construction of the future Spallation Neutron Source to be
built in Zamudio”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span
lang=EN-GB>The European Spallation Source is a large scientific infrastructure
that will allow the large-scale production of neutrons. With an investment
estimated at 1300 million euros, the ESS-Bilbao project expects to generate 600
permanent jobs plus the 4000 people who may use the infrastructure on an annual
basis. The ESS is one of 35 major European technology infrastructures included
in the VII R&D Framework Programme of the European Union.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span
lang=EN-GB>Some of the major scientific applications of the Spallation Source
include molecular biology, material physics, medicine, automotive, aeronautics
and electronics, among others. The function of the Spallation Stores is to
produce neutrons that penetrate matter providing precise information on its
atomic structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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