The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has held a meeting of its liaison committee at the headquarters of the IFMIF-DONES España consortium in Granada to review the progress made in the permanent working group maintained by the regulator, the consortium, the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) and the University of Granada. At the […]

The solid international background of Antonio Moreno Cortés (Churriana de la Vega, Granada, 1988) is matched by the enthusiasm shared by the entire IFMIF-DONES team.A graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Granada, he worked in the UK for a decade, where he has now obtained specific certifications in project managementand engineering.  QUESTION. What […]

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain and the President of the Republic of Croatia chaired the session of the Croatian-Spanish IFMIF-DONES Forum, which took place on 17 November in Zagreb (Croatia). This event served as a stage for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of Spain and Croatia. […]

The presence in Zagreb of the King and Queen of Spain, the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, and 14 ambassadors from different countries certifies the international support for IFMIF-DONES.The signing of the agreement today between Diana Morant and the Croatian Minister of Science and Education, Radovan […]

IFMIF-DONES achieved high visibility at SOFT2022. Numerous researchers linked to our large technological infrastructure contributed their latest research and data to the scientific community. Donny Domagoj Cosic (Institut Ruđer Bošković) said that the next generation fusion research devices such as DONES require specialized µloss monitors for beam diagnostics. These monitors must operate reliably in a harsh radiation environment, large magnetic […]

Quick 10-minute presentations and subsequent dialogue to generate new synergies. This is how the DONES Meeting #07 session was structured. The day was devoted to present the lines of research that have been launched in recent months between the University of Granada and CIEMAT on topics of interest to IFMIF-DONES. To this end, quick presentations […]

The IFMIF-DONES España consortium has published its first calls for applications. The open selective processes are contained in a total of three calls for applications. One of them includes five open-ended contracts and the other two open-ended positions for scientific and technical activities. These two calls are completed with a third one which includes a […]

The first meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium (better known as TAC) took place on 13 October. The TAC aims to serve as an advisory board to the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium in making technical decisions critical to its strategic objectives. The committee is made up of internationally renowned researchers from […]

Claudio Torregrosa (Alicante, 1989) is an industrial engineer specialising in Nuclear Technology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He also holds a PhD in Engineering from the UPV. Torregrosa stresses the importance of the construction of IFMIF-DONES for the international scientific community. QUESTION. What are your […]

Following the signing of the works staking out act, held on 15 September, the first works on the plot have begun with the installation of the fencing and auxiliary services and the first excavation works. The works, promoted by CIEMAT, will be carried out by the construction company EDHINOR, under the supervision of SAN JUAN […]