Students from IES Padre Manjón had the opportunity to get to know the future particle accelerator of IFMIF-DONES from the inside. The event took place last May and was organised by the mathematics teaching staff of the school. The students of the International Baccalaureate and those of the 1st year of the scientific-technical course welcomed […]
Category: Dones Updates
Secondary school students from the city of Huelva receive a visit and learn about the project
The wide range of professional opportunities that will arise as the construction and commissioning of the IFMIF-DONES facility progresses over the next few years is already an attraction not only in the province of Granada and it captures the interest of other provinces. Proof of this is the interest of the teachers of the IES […]
Moisés Weber outlines the relationship between the IFMIF-DONES project and Fusion Energy at the Educational Center Reina Isabel in Granada
With the collaboration of Casa Japón Granada, the Educational Center Reina Isabel in Granada welcomed the participation of the IFMIF-DONES España team, with the aim of collaborating in the dissemination of the project. Moisés Weber, member of the project’s management team, was invited for this purpose. Weber offered a comprehensive and detailed presentation on the […]
Meet Joaquín Mollá, coordinator of the Spanish participation in Broader Approach
The IFMIF-DONES team, the driving force behind the project, relies on professionals with a spectacular background in the field of engineering and research. They bring their previous experience and knowledge together with great enthusiasm, turning the day-to-day work into an exciting place where all the steps that have been taken from the beginning can be […]
IFMIF-DONES, summarised in 10 minutes at “Desgranando Ciencia” 8th edition
“Desgranando Ciencia”, one of the largest science dissemination events in Spain, hosted IFMIF-DONES in its eighth edition. José Aguilar, Coordinator of the Technical Office, provided a brief overview of the project in a casual approach. This presentation was adjusted to the unique format that characterizes the event and with which the organisation brings together Spain’s […]
The engineering team finalises the design of IFMIF-DONES in Granada
The engineering team currently working on IFMIF-DONES has held the Work Package European Neutron Source Technical Meeting #13 in Granada. The meeting was attended by scientists from 17 countries of the European Union, with the aim of coordinating the design activities that are being carried out for the development of the systems that make up […]
DONES Meeting #04, an approach to the possibilities of the Digital Twin of IFMIF-DONES
The School of Building Engineering has hosted the DONES Meeting #04, which has focused this time on the control systems of the IFMIF-DONES facility, and the possibility of incorporating a digital twin that integrates both the model of the facility and the physics that takes place within it. Once again, the seminar could be followed […]
Seismic risk management in the IFMIF-DONES project
Earthquakes There is no doubt that those of us who live on Earth perceive that our planet is moving. Its movements can be classified as external and internal. The most obvious of these are the rotation around the polar axis, which is responsible for the diurnal cycle, and the translation around the sun, which causes […]
The physics of accelerators, explained for all ages at the Gravite Festival inaugural day
Science starred in the inaugural day of the 4th edition of the Gravite Festival in Granada, dedicated this year to the third culture, and with time travel as its leitmotif. Moisés Weber and Iván Podadera, from IFMIF-DONES España, presented the manual ‘The physics of accelerators… through the physics of everyday life and the Universe’, written […]
Students from IES Zaidín Vergeles, closer to holding the key to a Sun on Earth
The XXIII Solar Week organised by the IES Zaidín Vergeles Secondary School in Granada was attended by Claudio Torregrosa and Iván Podadera, engineers at IFMIF-DONES, who brought the project closer to students in the final year of high school, and in the first and second years of Upper Secondary School, with a didactic talk entitled […]