On 16 February, the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant Ripoll, visited the facilities of Tekniker, the technology centre specialising in Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Surface Engineering, and ICT for manufacturing located in Guipúzcoa. During her visit, the minister visited the MUVACAS (Multipurpose Vacuum Accident Scenarios) project, which is being carried out by the […]
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Professor Nishimura visits the works of the first buildings of IFMIF-DONES, in Escuzar
Professor Arata Nishimura, Emeritus Professor of the National Institute for Fusion Science and the Graduate University of Advances Sciences, Japan, visited on February 6th the works of the first buildings of IFMIF-DONES, which are being developed within the framework of the DONES-PRIME Programme of CIEMAT and the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Professor Nishimura […]
‘Women in DONES’ group born
We are happy to announce that to commemorate the Day of Women and Girls in Science, the group ‘Women in DONES’ (WiD) has been created. Several women scientists working in our team have launched this initiative, which aims to make the role of women in our project more visible. The first to join this group […]
The participation of local partners, key to building a “technological pole” linked to IFMIF-DONES
For this IFMIF-DONES to be the basis of a solid industry that will make the province a true technological hub, the participation of ‘local partners’, companies from Granada that offer their goods and services to the ecosystem generated by this Great Scientific Infrastructure, will be necessary. This was made clear at the conference organised by […]
IFMIF-DONES, present at the Nuclear Safety Council’s annual R&D&I Day
The Nuclear Safety Council held its annual R+D+i Day on 1 February. The session, which was opened by the president of the regulatory body, Juan Carlos Lentijo, aims to promote debate and dissemination of the numerous research projects financed and coordinated by the regulator. During his speech, Lentijo stressed that “innovation is imperative for any […]
The institutional headquarters of IFMIF-DONES will be located in the centre of Granada
The headquarters of the administrative, technical and economic management centre of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium will be located in the heart of Granada, in Puerta Real. Thanks to the agreement signed between the Mayor, Francisco Cuenca, and the director of the Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, the City Council cedes to IFMIF-DONES the use of the municipal […]
The first stone of the UGR-DONES building is laid
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, and the rector of the University of Granada, Pilar Aranda, yesterday laid the first stone of the future UGR-DONES research centre. This building will serve to support and reinforce the parent project, the construction of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator. Moreno stressed that IFMIF-DONES has become “one […]
The IFMIF-DONES Consortium España and the UGR reinforce their scientific-technical collaboration with CERN and will work on joint projects
The University of Granada (UGR) and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium have strengthened their scientific-technical collaboration with CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research or European Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics). They will work on joint projects from now on. A Spanish delegation made up of representatives from both institutions today visited the CERN facilities in Geneva […]
Agenda of the Preliminary Market Consultation Workshop
On 18 January 2023, at 10.00 a.m. and online, the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation-E.P.E. (CDTI) and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium are jointly organising an Information Day to present the Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) to find out the degree of development of technologies and materials in the field of market operators of high-intensity hadron […]
CDTI launches a Preliminary Market Consultation to analyse two Technology Challenges posed by the IFMIF-DONES España consortium
On 23 December last, the resolution of the director general of the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI) was published on the public sector procurement platform-E.P.E. (CDTI) for the Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) to determine the degree of development of technology and materials in high-intensity hadron accelerators and experimental target systems and irradiation test […]
