ESS site area	1 square km
ESS cost	1.55 Billion Euro
Linear accelerator
Beam power	10 MW
Linac beam energy	1,330GeV
Short Pulse target station
Beam Power	5MW
Pulse duration	1,4µs
Repetition rate	50 Hz
Number of neutron scattering instruments	22
Long Pulse target station
Beam power	5MW
Pulse duration	2.0ms
Repetition rate	16 2/3 Hz
Number of neutron scattering instruments	22
Expected number of users per year	4-5000
Expected direct and indirect jobs	2000
Staffing during operations	245 Scientists 315 Administratives 40 Post-docs 50 Students