2025
2024
On 16 October 2024, the ESSnuSB+ Executive Committee was invited by
Zinkgruvan Mining AB to visit the Zinkgruvan Mine, Sweden.
On 16 October 2024, the ESSnuSB+ Executive Committee was invited by Zinkgruvan Mining AB, part of the Lundin Mining Group, to visit the Zinkgruvan mine which is considered the oldest mine in Sweden, having been in continuous production since 1857. First, the Committee visited the mine at a depth of 1300 meters underground. Then, they were introduced to the different mining activities and they finally had a meeting with members of the Zinkgruvan leadership team to present the ESSnuSB+ project. See video on the mine.
11 October 2024: ESSnuSB+ is founding a ground for future partnership
cooperation with Hamamatsu Photonics
On 11 October 2024, Tamer Tolba, ESSnuSB+ collaborator from Hamburg University, was invited by the headquarters of Hamamatsu Photonics to visit the main Hamamatsu factory in Japan. It was a real privilege for him to be thoroughly introduced to the production process of the large 20″ PMTs being currently handled for the Hyper-Kamiokande experiment. This meeting aimed to lay the foundation for a future strategic partnership between the ESSnuSB+ project and Hamamatsu Photonics, especially on the development of the large area, 20″, PMTs for the ESSnuSB+ far detector.
2023
