The director of the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium, Angel Ibarra, moderated the round table “IFMIF-DONES and Large Scientific Facilities: an opportunity for industry”, which took place on 21 March at the Transfiere Forum. The meeting was attended by Belén Del Cerro (CDTI); Loreto del Valle Cebada (Junta de Andalucía); Manuel Garcia-Munoz (University of Seville); Erik Fernández […]
Communication
“IFMIF-DONES is made up of very competent people, both professionally and personally”
A Business Administration and Management graduate, Gloria Velasco Jiménez (Otura, Granada, 1992) emphasizes the coordination between the different project departments and the optimization of processes for the benefit of common objectives. She mainly looks forward to the team’s growth, which will continue in the coming months. For her, the role played by the ‘Women in […]
Scientific dissemination around IFMIF-DONES at IES Alhambra
The IES Alhambra (Granada) hosted a talk on IFMIF-DONES during the 3rd Week of Arts and Sciences organised last February. Pablo Canca, researcher at the University of Granada who works at IFMIF-DONES, was in charge of explaining to the students the objectives of the scientific facility that is being built in Escúzar (Granada). “Our students […]
The European High-Level Roundtable on Fusion energy calls for closer collaboration between the public and the private sector
The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova, chaired the first ‘High Level Round Table on Fostering Innovation for Fusion Energy in Europe’ on 14 March. Our Deputy Director, Moisés Weber, attended this meeting. Top representatives from the world of fusion in the public sector discussed with an international representative of […]
DONES Steering Committee agrees to establish the DONES Programme Team
The DONES Steering Committee met in the Croatian city of Zagreb on 14th March, in its 3rd meeting, to discuss and review the progress of the DONES Programme, in particular the organisational and legal requirements needed to progress further. The DONES Steering Committee meeting, held at the National University Library in Zagreb, was attended Andrej […]
‘DONES EVO’: developing the technology to produce isotopes for medical use at IFMIF-DONES
IFMIF-DONES is a unique facility requiring a broad set of technologies. Although most of the necessary technologies have already been validated, there are still some aspects that introduce risks in the evolution of the project. In order to mitigate these risks, a consortium of companies, with the support of research centres and the funding of […]
Susana Clement Lorenzo, distinguished by ‘Women in DONES’
Susana Clement Lorenzo, Acting Head of Broader Approach Department at Fusion for Energy, has been honoured by the ‘Women in Dones’ (WiD) collective, a group that aims to become an international platform to highlight the role played by women in the advancement of research and cutting-edge technologies in the DONES Programme. Susana Clement takes over from […]
IFMIF-DONES brings together in Granada world specialists in linear accelerators
The Science Park of Granada hosted the prestigious SLHiPP-10 workshop (10th Open Collaboration Meeting on Superconducting Linacs for High Power Proton Beam), organised by the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium and the ESS (European Spallation Source). The meeting aims was to share the current status and relevant developments in high-power proton beam superconducting linear accelerator technologies. 65 […]
Ángel Ibarra, speaker at the workshop ‘Nuclear fusion: initiatives towards DEMO’
The director of IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, participated today as a speaker at the workshop ‘Nuclear fusion: initiatives towards DEMO’, organised by CIEMAT, CDTI and Ineustar/Induciencia, with the collaboration of IFMIF-DONES, UNED, University of Seville and UPM. During his speech, Ibarra described the industrial opportunities generated by the scientific infrastructure built in Escúzar (Granada). […]
IFMIF-DONES arouses great interest among secondary school students
The IES Arabuleila, in Cúllar Vega (Granada), hosted a talk on IFMIF-DONES. The coordinator of the Technical Office, José Aguilar, held a meeting with secondary school students during the Science Week organised by this centre in February. The presentation was very well received by the students, who showed great interest in the process of […]
