Our Acting Director, Moisés Weber, participated in the opening of the COSIRES (17ª International Conference of Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Solids), taking place from May 18 to 22 at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports of the University of Granada. Este encuentro científico analiza los recientes avances y logros en […]
Loreto Valenzuela, honoured at the 6th Granada Awards for Female Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Loreto Valenzuela Gutiérrez, engineer and scientist at IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, has received the Special Mention from the Andalusian Women Leaders Forum during the 6th Granada Awards for Female Entrepreneurship and Leadership ceremony, held yesterday in Motril and organised by the Motril City Council, Combo Comunicación and the Association of Municipalities of the Costa Tropical. These […]
IFMIF-DONES and ESS strengthen their technological partnership following a visit to Granada
On April 27–28, a delegation from the European Spallation Source (ESS) visited the IFMIF-DONES facilities in Escúzar (Granada) to reinforce technical cooperation between the two infrastructures and advance the identification of specific areas for collaboration. The ESS delegation included Ciprian Plostinar, Head of the Accelerators Department; Tom Shea, expert in Strategic Technologies; and Marcelo Juni […]
IFMIF-DONES joins the FUSE, platform of the IAEA
IFMIF-DONES has taken a further step in strengthening its global positioning by joining FUSE (Fusion Energy Sciences Exchange), the knowledge-sharing platform promoted by the International Atomic Energy Agency. This inclusion consolidates the Spanish infrastructure as a key player within the international fusion energy ecosystem. FUSE is a collaborative environment promoted by the IAEA that connects […]
IFMIF-DONES strengthens its positioning in the health sector at Galicia Biodays 2026
The Head of Executive Office of the DONES Programme, José Aguilar, participated on 6–7 May in the third edition of Galicia Biodays, held in Vigo, one of the leading events in Europe in the field of biotechnology and life sciences. As part of the programme, José Aguilar took part in the roundtable discussion entitled “Scientific infrastructures and disruptive […]
University of Granada Contemporary Culture Centre hosts a lecture by Moisés Weber
The interim director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Moisés Weber, delivered on 6 May the lecture titled “The IFMIF-DONES project, key to fusion energy”, an outreach-focused talk highlighting the potential of this major scientific infrastructure. The lecture took place at 7:00 p.m. in the Salón de Caballeros XXIV of the Palacio de la Madraza, with […]
Granada hosts the closing of the Workshop on Management of Consortia and Singular Scientific-Technical Infrastructures
From 6 to 8 May, Granada hosted the Workshop on Management of Consortia and Singular Scientific-Technical Infrastructures, a technical and institutional meeting that brought together representatives from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, as well as managers and administrative teams from various consortia and singular scientific-technical infrastructures within the Spanish R&D&I system. The workshop […]
IFMIF-DONES participates in the EPICS 2026 international meeting to advance its control systems
The EPICS Spring 2026 Collaboration Meeting, held from 20 to 24 April at Université Paris-Saclay (France), was attended by Lucas Maindive, a member of the Control Systems Engineering Section at IFMIF-DONES. The international event brought together leading experts in control systems for large-scale scientific infrastructures. The EPICS framework (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System), which […]
The convergence of IFMIF-DONES and WISER will strengthen Spain’s leadership in fusion energy
The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, announced on 30 April the launch of the WISER project during the presentation of the new National Deep Tech Strategy Spain, an initiative involving 13 ministries aimed at transforming the country’s scientific potential into technological leadership. Diana Morant highlighted the WISER (Wind-tunnel for a Stellarator Reactor) […]
IFMIF-DONES Hosts EPRI Delegation to Strengthen Dialogue on Fusion Energy Development
On 30 April 2026, IFMIF-DONES welcomed a delegation from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to its facilities in Escúzar (Granada, Spain). The visit provided an opportunity to exchange views on the development of fusion energy and to explore potential areas of collaboration between both organisations. The EPRI delegation included Steve Chengelis, Vice President for Energy Supply Nuclear Development & […]