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 […]
Category: Dones Updates
Workshop held for the design of the VATIST prototype
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 […]
Pre-commercial Public Procurement contracts launched to validate fusion energy systems and materials
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 […]
The CIEMAT director general visits the IFMIF-DONES construction site in Escúzar
The CIEMAT director general, Yolanda Benito, and the director of Technology, José Manuel Pérez, today visited the works that the CIEMAT is building in Citai (Escúzar, Granada) and which will be made available to IFMIF-DONES in the coming months. The facilities under development include the Administration and Visitors, Access Control and Laboratories buildings, which exceed […]
‘DONES’, a rap to transmit the energy of fusion to the younger generations
To transmit the energy of fusion to new audiences. This is the goal of the collective ‘Women in DONES’ (WiD). And they have achieved it through music. Thanks to the collaboration of singer, rapper, and composer Sandra Quero Alba (sandra333sb), with the production of Bezea, the song ‘DONES’ was created. On the occasion of the […]
The Andalusian Regional Government hosts the preview of ‘Estela’
Coinciding with the ‘Day of Women and Girls in Science’, the animated short film ‘Estela’, promoted by the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium and other public-private entities, was presented yesterday. The screening took place at an event held in Seville. The short film is now available through the on-demand digital content platform of the Andalusian regional broadcaster […]
The Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation awards us its Medal of Honour
The plenary session of the Board of Trustees of the Rodríguez-Acosta Andalusian Public Foundation has unanimously agreed to award the Institution’s Medal of Honor for the year 2024 to the IFMIF DONES España Consortium, ‘due to its outstanding and valuable scientific work, as well as the national and international projection of the activity it is […]
‘Estela’ wins the Carmen Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Andalusian Film Academy has awarded the Carmen Award for Best Animated Short Film to ‘Estela’, produced by Rokyn Animation and Grupo ADM. Manuel Sicilia directed and wrote the script.During the award ceremony, Sicilia thanked IFMIF-DONES for supporting this exciting story of a curious and determined little girl who wants to travel into space. ‘Estela’ […]
Implementation of CDTI contracts to develop fusion energy validators begins
On 13 January, the execution of the CDTI Innovation Pre-commercial Public Procurement contracts for developing systems and materials validators in fusion energy began with IFMIF-DONES. The purpose of this PPP contract is the development of Integrated Technology Validators for Accelerator systems (VATIAC) and Test Area Systems (VATIST), which will allow the Consortium to perform long-term […]
The Industry Office was created to promote the industrial sector linked to Big Science in Granada
The IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, the University of Granada, the Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia-CSIC, the Granada Chamber of Commerce and INEUSTAR have signed the creation of an initiative in the form of an association to work to generate an industrial ecosystem linked to the large science sector in Granada. The science industry sector comprises the set […]
