Several members of the IFMIF-DONES team participed in the 33rd Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2024), which was held at Dublin City University, Ireland, from 22-27 September. This biennial symposium is the most important conference in this field in Europe, bringing together scientists, engineers, industry representatives and exhibitors from all over the world and focusing […]

The 9th Annual RaDIATE Collaboration Meeting (Radiation Damage In Accelerator Target Environments) is in Granada until Wednesday. Organised by IFMIF-DONES and CIEMAT, it is attended by around twenty experts in accelerator radiation from universities and research centres in Europe, the United States, and Japan. RaDIATE is an international initiative led by FermiLab (USA), which has […]

IFMIF-DONES participated in the Business Fair organized within the framework of the II National Meeting of Physics Students (ENEF) held in Faculty of Sciences of the University of Granada from September 3 to 7. Anderson Sabogal, research staff at IFMIF-DONES, visited our stand and explained to the numerous visitors the objectives of the Escúzar particle […]

The key system for understanding the neutron and gamma-ray fields during the commissioning of the IFMIF-DONES facility will be the commissioning monitoring module (STUMM), which will include dozens of highly sophisticated, miniaturised detectors that will provide crucial information about the radiation fields. A study published in Science Direct shows the wide range of capabilities offered […]

IFMIF-DONES España was present at LINAC2024 | Argonne National Laboratory, the main biannual meeting of the world community of experts in linear accelerators, which was held last August in Chicago (USA). Iván Podadera, Accelerator Systems Engineering Section Leader of IFMIF-DONES, presented a scientific poster with the latest news on the scientific infrastructure. The communication included […]

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has hosted the liaison committee meeting with representatives of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility and Neutron Source oriented Demo (IFMIF-DONES) project. Demo would be the first fusion reactor to produce electric power. During the meeting, the participants reviewed the progress of the permanent working group between the regulator and […]

The Diputación de Granada and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium have signed a general protocol of action that seeks to take advantage of the historic opportunity provided by IFMIF-DONES’s location in Granada to promote the economic and social development of the province in numerous and wide-ranging areas. Both institutions have identified several priority lines of work […]

“Selection of maintenance strategy in IFMIF-DONES LINAC components” was the conference title given by our colleague, Juanjo Rueda, during the ARW2024 (Accelerator Reliability Workshop). The event occurred in Helsingborg (Sweden) from 23 to 26 June. Almost 200 participants from different facilities worldwide took part in the sessions: LIPAC, CERN, ESS, MAX IV, ITER, JLAB, SOLEL, […]

Teams from different international organisations visited Granada on 1 July to continue advancing the progress of IFMIF-DONES. The meeting of representatives from Fusion for Energy (F4E), ATG Europe, and DONES continued to define F4E’s contribution to the DONES Programme. Fusion for Energy (F4E) is the European Union organisation managing the European contribution to ITER, the […]

On 2 July, the Spanish Government, through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, reached an agreement with the Italian Government, through the Ministry of Universities and Research, which strengthens Italy’s commitment to participate in and finance the construction of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator in Escúzar (Granada). In this way, Italy will join Spain and […]