From 28-30 January, Granada hosted the 32nd European Fusion Programme Workshop (EFPW32), organised by Eurofusion and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium. Under the theme ‘Nuclear technology and nuclear physics for fusion power plants’, more than a hundred international experts met to explore materials, fuel cycle, reactor safety and the future of fusion power plants, among other […]

The Kick-off Meeting of the E4XTREM project, a pioneering initiative in the study and validation of regenerative envelope technologies for magnetic fusion reactors, was held on 12 March. This ambitious project brings together leading companies and research centres in the sector: Esteyco, AVS, EAI, CIEMAT, Tekniker and esDONES. E4XTREM faces high-impact challenges in nuclear fusion, […]

  IFMIF DONES hosts pioneering research into the design and optimisation of fusion facilities, as published in the scientific journal MDPI. The results of this paper demonstrate the existing synergy between deep learning models and differentiable programming, offering a promising collaboration between physicists and computer scientists to improve the design of future fusion power plants. […]

The presence of IFMIF-DONES in the Transfiere Forum has confirmed its unifying role around the Big Science through its participation in multiple activities and the implementation of numerous professional contacts.‘Andalusia and the race for fusion: industry, research and talent’ was the title of the round table organised on 12 March. Moderated by Loreto del Valle […]

There is complete unanimity about the benefits that IFMIF-DONES is already bringing to Granada. This was evident during the informative breakfast organised by Granada Hoy on the Big Science Industry. The director of the newspaper, Lola Quero, moderated the round table with the participation of our director Ángel Ibarra, together with Juan Fernández, CEO of […]

Two large sculptures by the artist Miguel Moreno will be placed on deposit in the IFMIF-DONES buildings in Escúzar. This is stated in the agreement signed today between the Rector of the University of Granada and Miguel Moreno Romera, one of Granada’s most outstanding contemporary sculptors. Moreno Romera is donating 12 sculptures to the UGR, […]

On 25 February, a bilateral workshop took place in Escúzar (Granada) to review the initial version of the Procurement Agreement documentation defining the technical and management requirements for Croatia’s contribution to the IFMIF-DONES project. The Croatian delegation was composed of Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB) members. Through various presentations, representatives of IRB and the IFMIF-DONES Consortium […]

A group of students from the Austrian institute HTL Hollabrunn, specialised in Mechatronics, has visited our facilities in Escúzar. This activity has taken place as part of the European Erasmus+ programme that links the Austrian centre with the IES Padre Suárez, in Granada. During their visit, the students participated in a talk about the IFMIF-DONES […]

On 18 and 19 February a workshop was held in Granada which brought together the IFMIF DONES Consortium, CDTI and the DONES TCO Joint Venture, the successful bidder of Lot 2 (VATIST): experimental target systems and irradiation test areas. This lot is part of the contracts resulting from the Pre-commercial Public Procurement (PCP) of R&D […]

On 13 January, the contracts resulting from the Pre-commercial Public Procurement (PCP) of R&D services for the development of innovative solutions in the field of validation of systems and materials in fusion energy, managed by the CDTI with the collaboration of the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium, were launched. This project is co-financed by the CDTI and […]