The Spanish Government Delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, visited today the IFMIF-DONES facilities in Escúzar (Granada), where he held his first meeting with the project’s new interim director, Moisés Weber. Following the meeting, he announced that “one of the most significant milestones achieved in recent weeks has been the granting of the municipal building permit […]

Last Friday, 26 June, the third Procurement Arrangement (PA) of the DONES Programme was signed, corresponding to the Test Cell, one of the most relevant systems of the future IFMIF-DONES facility. The agreement was signed by Moisés Weber, Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, and witnessed by Philippe Cara, DONES Programme Manager, thus formally marking […]

New groups have continued visiting our facilities in Escúzar. In recent weeks, we have welcomed students from IES Padre Manjón and IES Trevenque, both based in Granada. We also hosted a session of the reading club “Science Tells Its Story”. Through initiatives like these, we aim to bring the work carried out at our Escúzar […]

The 4th DONES Xcitech School, organised by IFMIF-DONES and the University of Granada, with the collaboration of the Industry Office, has successfully concluded. From June 8 to 12, more than 70 participants, experts, and speakers from countries including Spain, Croatia, the United States, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and Morocco gathered at […]

On June 16, the Escúzar Town Council granted the building permit to the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium, marking a key milestone that will enable construction work on the international scientific infrastructure to begin this summer at its designated site. This authorization represents a decisive step forward for the IFMIF-DONES project, the result of intensive joint efforts […]

The Industry Office has organised the session “IFMIF-DONES: innovation and European opportunities for Andalusian industry” in Málaga and Cádiz, in collaboration with CDTI, the Andalusian Council of Chambers of Commerce, the local Chambers of Commerce, and the Andalusian European Information Network. Both events aimed to bring the business community closer to the opportunities for business […]

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has held in Granada a new session of its liaison committee with representatives of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, the scientific infrastructure currently under development in the municipality of Escúzar (Granada) for the research and validation of materials for future nuclear fusion reactors. This meeting is part of the regular monitoring […]

Alejandro Rodríguez Barroso (Castellón, 1989) holds a degree in Industrial Engineering (specialising in Electronics and Automation) and a PhD in Automation and Robotics, both from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He currently leads the Remote Handling & Hot Cells Unit. – QUESTION (Q): At the latest I+DONES Forum, we featured a humanoid robot that captivated […]

IFMIF-DONES continues to strengthen its international dimension with the visit, on 12 June, of a distinguished delegation from the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), one of the world’s leading centres in fusion research. The Chinese delegation was headed by its Director General, Yuntao Song, accompanied by Shaohua Dong, Senior […]

The IFMIF-DONES project further consolidated its institutional backing this Wednesday during the 4th IFMIF-DONES Local Forum, held at the Palacio de Quinta Alegre with the participation of key public administrations, social agents, and entities from Granada’s economic and scientific ecosystem.  During the meeting, the Acting Director of IFMIF-DONES Spain, Moisés Weber, delivered a comprehensive overview of […]