The European Commission, through Fusion for Energy (F4E), has approved an investment of €202 million for the construction and commissioning of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator located in Escúzar (Granada, Spain). This represents approximately 25% of the total cost of the project. IFMIF-DONES is part of the European roadmap for developing fusion energy, a new model of clean and virtually unlimited energy—similar to the energy produced […]

“Leading society toward a sustainable future” was the theme of the 38th National Conference on Chemical Engineering, organised by the University of Granada from July 9 to 11. José Aguilar, PMO Leader at IFMIF-DONES, took part in the roundtable discussion “Energy and the Future: Chemical Engineering in the Energy Economy.”The event brought together professionals, academics, […]

“Isotope Production in DONES: Exhaustive analysis of different isotopes and preliminary design of their industrial production” is the title of the thesis defended on July 7 by Elena López Melero. The work, supervised by A. Javier Praena Rodríguez (University of Granada) and Eduardo Romero Sanz (CIEMAT), received the highest distinction from the examination board. The […]

Moisés Weber, Deputy Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, took part today in the summer course “Transforming Energy: Modular/Advanced Reactors and the Path Toward Nuclear Fusion”, held at the Menéndez Pelayo International University and promoted by the ENSA Chair of Advanced Technologies.The current global situation has accelerated the search for clean and sustainable energy solutions, […]

The 5th Granada Awards for Female Entrepreneurship and Leadership featured Celia Carvajal, Control Systems Manager for the IFMIF-DONES project and a member of the Women in DONES (WiD) collective. This initiative, promoted by the Granada City Council in collaboration with Combo Comunicación, brought together more than 120 attendees on June 30th and included representatives from […]

With the satisfaction reflected on her face in this photo, Irene Álvarez Castro received the highest grade for her thesis defence, marking the first doctoral thesis resulting from the collaboration between CIEMAT and the University of Granada (UGR) for the development of IFMIF-DONES. The title of her thesis is “Study and characterization of the neutron dose received by HFTM samples at […]

Within the framework of the project DONES_ConP1, a delegation from DONES, composed of José Aguilar, Iván Podadera, Antonio Moreno, and Pierre Gavouyere-Lasserre, visited the European Spallation Source (ESS) scientific facility in Lund, Sweden, on June 25 and 26. The visit provided an opportunity to share valuable experiences and lessons learned between the two facilities, which will be instrumental […]

The IREMEV (Integrated Radiation Effects Modelling and Experimental Validation) technical meeting, organized in collaboration with IFMIF-DONES, has brought together international experts from the EUROfusion programme to advance knowledge on irradiation effects in fusion materials. This scientific event is taking place from June 25 to 27 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Granada. […]

Moisés Weber, Deputy Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, took part in the Opportunities Day for Young Researchers in Fusion, held on June 19 at the Faculty of Education of UNED in Madrid (Spain). CDTI, CIEMAT, INEUSTAR, and Induciencia organised the event. The event aimed to connect master’s and PhD students, as well as early-career researchers in the field of fusion, with […]

Aida Padial (Granada, 1988) holds a degree in Business Administration and Foreign Trade. She is part of the Programme Management Office, within the Communications area. One of her main responsibilities is to coordinate and support the organization of conferences, workshops, and meetings that are an essential part of IFMIF-DONES’s institutional presence. These events require meticulous […]