The first edition of the R+DONES Forum will take place next Tuesday, 30th May, at the Granada Chamber of Commerce. This event is a meeting point for all the Spanish R & D system agents interested in contributing to the development of innovative technologies useful for IFMIF-DONES and other large scientific facilities. This first edition […]
Communication
Recognising the role of women in DONES
Female protagonism in fusion energy. The important role of women in this sector has been made clear during the recognition that the ‘Women in Dones’ (WiD) collective has paid this morning to Pilar Aranda, rector of the University of Granada, and Yolanda Benito, director general of the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT-Ministry […]
The Rector of the University of Granada and the Director of CIEMAT, recognised by the ‘Women in Dones’ collective
The Rector of the University of Granada, Pilar Aranda, and the Director General of CIEMAT, Yolanda Benito, have been distinguished by the “Women in Dones” (WiD) collective, a group that aims to become an international platform to highlight the role played by women in the advancement of research and cutting-edge technologies in the DONES Programme. […]
Women in DONES will hold its first public event on April 25
The women’s group ‘Women in DONES’, which works around IFMIF-DONES, has scheduled its first official activity for 25 April. WiD will make its public presentation at the DONES Xcitech School, held in Granada from 23-28 April. In fact, its co-director is a woman, Blanca Biel. The group’s initial meeting, which took place online with a […]
Interview with Blanca Biel, co-director of DONES Xcitech School
Blanca Biel (Zaragoza, 1975) holds a degree in Physics from the UGR (1999) and a PhD in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2006), and works as a full professor in the Department of Theoretical, Molecular and Nuclear Physics of the Faculty of Science at the University of Granada. She is currently co-director of the […]
The DONES Steering Committee agrees to the start of the construction phase of the Granada particle accelerator
The DONES Steering Committee, the highest governing body of the DONES Programme, has agreed to in its first meeting the start of the construction of the IFMIF-DONES scientific infrastructure in Escúzar (Granada). Representatives from 15 EU countries and Japan, as well as from the organisations EURATOM, EUROfusion and Fusion for Energy participated at the meeting held […]
Representatives from 15 countries of the European Union, Japan, EURATOM, EUROfusion and F4E will meet in Granada to form the governing body of the DONES programme
Granada will host the first meeting of the highest governing body of the DONES Programme, also known as the DONES Steering Committee, on 16th March. The meeting will be attended by representatives from Spain, Croatia, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Japan, as well as from […]
IFMIF-DONES, recognised at the IV Science and Innovation Awards in Granada
Granada, through its mayor, Francisco Cuenca, acknowledged on 10 March the efforts of the scientific community to achieve the arrival of IFMIF-DONES. “A reality that places us as one of the most important scientific capitals in Spain and will crystallise on 16 March with the first international summit of the highest governing body of the […]
The Andalusian Regional Government launches a Strategic Plan to take advantage of the implementation of IFMIF-DONES in Escúzar
The Andalusian Regional Government has commissioned the Parque Tecnológico de la Salud (PTS) to draw up the Strategic Plan to outline local and regional development around IFMIF-DONES, a scientific infrastructure of international relevance that is planned to be built with a global investment of 862.47 million euros in Escúzar. The Regional Minister of Development, Territorial […]
IFMIF-DONES, explained by 12-year-old school children
How would 12-year-olds explain what IFMIF-DONES is? At the Vicente Espinel Secondary School in Malaga, this challenge was put to the students during the “A look at Andalusia” conference organised last February. Chaimaly and María, 2nd B students at the school, were in charge of the work “IFMIF-DONES: the spectacular nuclear fusion project that is […]
