For this IFMIF-DONES to be the basis of a solid industry that will make the province a true technological hub, the participation of ‘local partners’, companies from Granada that offer their goods and services to the ecosystem generated by this Great Scientific Infrastructure, will be necessary. This was made clear at the conference organised by […]

The Nuclear Safety Council held its annual R+D+i Day on 1 February. The session, which was opened by the president of the regulatory body, Juan Carlos Lentijo, aims to promote debate and dissemination of the numerous research projects financed and coordinated by the regulator. During his speech, Lentijo stressed that “innovation is imperative for any […]

The headquarters of the administrative, technical and economic management centre of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium will be located in the heart of Granada, in Puerta Real. Thanks to the agreement signed between the Mayor, Francisco Cuenca, and the director of the Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, the City Council cedes to IFMIF-DONES the use of the municipal […]

The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, and the rector of the University of Granada, Pilar Aranda, yesterday laid the first stone of the future UGR-DONES research centre. This building will serve to support and reinforce the parent project, the construction of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator. Moreno stressed that IFMIF-DONES has become “one […]

The University of Granada (UGR) and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium have strengthened their scientific-technical collaboration with CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research or European Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics). They will work on joint projects from now on. A Spanish delegation made up of representatives from both institutions today visited the CERN facilities in Geneva […]

On 18 January 2023, at 10.00 a.m. and online, the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation-E.P.E. (CDTI) and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium are jointly organising an Information Day to present the Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) to find out the degree of development of technologies and materials in the field of market operators of high-intensity hadron […]

On 23 December last, the resolution of the director general of the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI) was published on the public sector procurement platform-E.P.E. (CDTI) for the Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) to determine the degree of development of technology and materials in high-intensity hadron accelerators and experimental target systems and irradiation test […]

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has held a meeting of its liaison committee at the headquarters of the IFMIF-DONES España consortium in Granada to review the progress made in the permanent working group maintained by the regulator, the consortium, the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) and the University of Granada. At the […]

The solid international background of Antonio Moreno Cortés (Churriana de la Vega, Granada, 1988) is matched by the enthusiasm shared by the entire IFMIF-DONES team.A graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Granada, he worked in the UK for a decade, where he has now obtained specific certifications in project managementand engineering.  QUESTION. What […]

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain and the President of the Republic of Croatia chaired the session of the Croatian-Spanish IFMIF-DONES Forum, which took place on 17 November in Zagreb (Croatia). This event served as a stage for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of Spain and Croatia. […]