The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, and Deputy Director, Moisés Weber, played a prominent role at the 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC2025), held from October 13 to 18, 2025, in Chengdu, China. During the event, Ibarra delivered a plenary overview presentation on the DONES Experimental Program, while Weber chaired the plenary session on Fusion Nuclear Technologies. […]

The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, and Deputy Director Moisés Weber took part in the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG), held on 14 October in Chengdu, China. The event was co-chaired by the China Atomic Energy Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Ángel Ibarra […]

“Making fusion work in an experiment isn’t enough. It must be viable, efficient, and scalable if we want it to become part of the energy mix.” These are the words of Ángel Ibarra, Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, in the article published by the Bankinter Innovation Foundation, titled “Functional materials to turn fusion into […]

The Carmen de la Victoria at the University of Granada will host on 13 November 2025 the international workshop “Training for and with Major Scientific Organizations: Establishing a Big Science Masterclass Programme”, an event that will also be held in hybrid format (on-site and online). The workshop will address a key challenge for the future […]

The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, took part on 24 October in the “Frontiers of Physics” lecture series, organized by the Carlos I Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics at the University of Granada (UGR). His presentation, titled “The DONES Programme: Overview, Current Status, and Role in the Development of Fusion Energy,” […]

“In science, there is also art and culture. And art, in turn, is another form of knowledge.” With these words, Ángel Ibarra expressed his gratitude upon receiving the Medal of Honor granted by the Andalusian Public Foundation Rodríguez-Acosta to the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, which he directs. “If we look closely, both a scientist and an […]

Once again, we took part in the “Red Cross Flag Day”, organised in Granada. This awareness-raising event, open to the public, focused this year on the organisation’s efforts to support people in situations of extreme vulnerability. The event featured 20 activity stands set up along the Paseo del Salón throughout the morning, attracting more than […]

The innovation ecosystem developed around IFMIF-DONES was the driving force behind the visit that representatives of the European project SOILCRATES made to our Escúzar facilities on 16 October. SOILCRATES has established in Granada one of its four regional and interconnected Living Labs, aimed at improving soil health through the funding of pilot projects in four […]

The Local DONES Forum held its third follow-up meeting today at the Palacio de Quinta Alegre in Granada. The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, presented the latest updates on the project to the attendees. Among other topics, he highlighted the consolidation of international participation achieved this year, thanks to Japan’s incorporation as […]

Representatives from the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) visited our facilities in Escúzar (Granada) on 15 October. The activity, organised by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA) and the Industry Office, concluded the EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for Space, held in Granada. Members of our team showcased the prototypes we work with and […]