‘Estela’ won over the audience that attended its preview, held on 8th November at the Science Park in Granada. The first screening of the animated short, produced by Rokyn Animation and ADM, received a long ovation and a lot of emotion. It was directed and scripted by Manuel Sicilia. ‘Estela’ tells the story of a curious […]

The director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, participated in the first ministerial meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Rome on 6 November. The WFEG aims to create a global community that includes public institutions, research centres, industry and civil society. By fostering […]

Representatives of Women in DONES (WiD) continue to participate in scientific activities related to the project. Blanca Biel, a member of WiD and professor at the University of Granada, gave a lecture during the II Workshop on Advanced Quantum Phenomena in 2D and Carbon-based materials. The workshop, which took place on 17 and 18 October […]

The DONES Steering Committee, the body overseeing the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF-DONES) project, convened for its fourth meeting at the Palacio Quinta Alegre in Granada on October 16th. Representatives from 17 countries, along with representatives of the European Commission and international fusion energy bodies (EURATOM/EUROFusion/F4E), participated in the event to discuss critical developments […]

The director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, took part today in the conference ‘Towards the National Strategy on Nuclear Fusion’, organised by CDTI, CIEMAT and Ineustar. During his participation, Ibarra explained the status and perspectives of IFMIF-DONES. The session, held in Madrid in hybrid format, aimed to establish the basis of the process […]

IFMIF-DONES played a major role at BSBF 2024, held in Trieste (Italy). This forum offered a unique opportunity to explore new partnerships, discover business opportunities and access high-impact projects. More than 1,000 delegates and representatives from 500 organisations participated in this key event to anticipate upcoming developments and position our region in an increasingly technological […]

The DONES Young Researchers Panel was held on Wednesday, 2 October 2024, at the European Commission Representation building in Croatia, located in Zagreb. At this meeting, young scientists from Croatia and Spain presented their experiences working on this prestigious project. The speakers were Kristina Tomić Luketić (Ruđer Bošković Institute), Toni Dunatov (Ruđer Bošković Institute), Daniel […]

Celia Carvajal (Granada, 1989) is an Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, specialising in Electrical Engineering, with a Double Degree from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm (Sweden), and a Master’s Degree in Complex Problem Solving from the UNIR. His current position at IFMIF-DONES is that of leader of the control […]

The IFMIF-DONES team, comprised of almost fifty people, is already working in the UGR-DONES building in Citai (Escúzar, Granada). The new building, financed by the Junta de Andalucía and owned by the University of Granada, has invested 7.9 million euros for its construction and 6.5 million for the equipment. The building will house the Consortium’s […]

On September 30, the first technical meeting of the DONES-ConP1 project, led by the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, was held in Zagreb (Croatia). The meeting, organized by the Ruđer Bošković Institute, brought together more than twenty project participants. During the meeting, the latest progress in the project tasks was presented.The most important results were the progress […]