Could a language model pass a job interview for a specialist position in a particle accelerator? That is the underlying question behind the IEEE CIS Technical Challenge on Domain-Specific Question Answering with LLMs, an international competition organised by the DaSCI (University of Granada) in collaboration with IFMIF-DONES, and funded by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society […]

On 30 September and 1 October, the DONES Hub hosted a dedicated workshop focused on the evolution and optimisation of the Aras Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The event brought together members of the DONES Team, representatives from Aras, and experts from T-Systems, the implementation partner supporting the deployment and development of the platform. Discussions […]

On 10 September, the first working meeting was held between representatives of the Industry and Mining Service Unit of the Territorial Delegation in Granada of the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Safety team of IFMIF-DONES, designated to coordinate the permitting and authorisation processes required for the development of the infrastructure. This meeting marks an […]

Several members of our team participated in the 34th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2026), one of the leading conferences on fusion technology, held from 20 to 25 September in Aix-en-Provence, France. Participation in SOFT 2026 provided an excellent opportunity to share some of the latest developments of the DONES Programme with the international scientific community. During the conference, Philippe Cara, DONES […]

The international team of IFMIF-DONES has begun its activity this week at the DONES Hub, a building located at the main site of the scientific infrastructure in Escúzar (Granada). The commissioning of this facility marks a new milestone in the development of the project and represents a significant step forward in consolidating IFMIF-DONES at its […]

On 24 September, the Chamber of Commerce of Seville hosted the event “IFMIF-DONES and Major Industry: Challenges and Opportunities for Andalusian Industry”, bringing together institutional representatives, industry stakeholders, and experts to discuss the strategic role of IFMIF-DONES as a driver of industrial and technological development in Andalusia. Organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Seville in […]

IFMIF-DONES Programme organised a Workshop on Accelerator Support Components (ASA), bringing together experts from the DONES Programme and Fusion for Energy, including both internal and external collaborators. The workshop, held on 15 September at CITAI (Escúzar, Spain), aimed to review the status and maturity of accelerator support component design, analyse interfaces with the accelerator, plant, […]

IFMIF-DONES participated in ISLA-9, one of the main international meetings on liquid metal applications in fusion. Our colleague Jesús Fernández Reche attended the ninth edition of the symposium, held from 14 to 18 September 2026 in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), which brought together scientists and engineers from around the world to discuss the latest advances and technological […]

IFMIF-DONES participated in the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the European Spallation Source, with our colleague Celia Carvajal, Control Systems Engineering Section Leader, serving as a member of the Integrated Control System sub-committee (cTAC). Her attendance contributed to technical analysis and advisory work on control systems and integration. During the meeting, held in Lund (Sweden) […]

IFMIF-DONES was represented at the 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2026 (ECEE2026), one of the leading international conferences in the field of earthquake engineering. The congress, attended by Mario Ruiz, a researcher involved in the seismic strategy of the facility, provided an excellent opportunity to present ongoing research work, exchange knowledge with experts from […]