On March 3 the auditorium of the Science Park of Granada hosted a new informative talk titled “IFMIF-DONES: The key to the energy of the future”. This session was part of the “Science in everyday life” course of the UGR’s Permanent Open Training Classroom. On this occasion, the talk was given by María Luque and […]
Category: Dones Updates
IFMIF-DONES participates in the summit on quantum computing held in Granada with IBM and institutions and companies of Granada
IFMIF-DONES participated in a summit on quantum computing organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Granada on March 22. The event gathered leaders in the field of research, as well as thirty companies and entities from the province with the company IBM. The summit, organised in three independent meetings, kicked off with a meeting attended […]
Antonio Arrabal: “The generosity of the people of Escúzar holds out a better future for humanity”
We interviewed Antonio Arrabal, Mayor of the town of Escúzar, about the challenge that hosting the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator facility represents for the town, as well as the transformation and changes that this town in the Alhama region is already undergoing. Arrabal indicates that his mayor’s office is committed to renewable energies. Charging points for […]
The manifesto Manifiesto por la Granada de la Ciencia y la Innovación acknowledges IFMIF-DONES as a strategic project in the technological renaissance of Spain
The main institutions of Granada acknowledged the leading role of IFMIF-DONES in the scientific and technological renaissance of the province of Granada, which in turn translates into the leadership of the same in the technological renaissance of the country. This was expressed in the manifesto Manifiesto por la Granada de la Ciencia y la Innovación, […]
Status of the DONES project and its logistics design and maintenance addressed at the second gathering of the DONES Meetings
The second gathering of the DONES Meetings was celebrated last March 25th at the School of Architecture of the University of Granada. Two lectures were given at this session: the first focused on logistics and maintenance and the second addressed the status of the project. The speakers in charge were Fernando Arranz, researcher at the […]
IFMIF-DONES present with Ángel Ibarra at the Innovation Directors Forum celebrated at the Chamber of Commerce of Granada
Ángel Ibarra, Director of IFMIF-DONES España, was present at the first session of the Innovation Directors Forum held at the Chamber of Commerce of Granada last March 24th. The Director highlighted the role that the particle accelerator will have in research on the energy of the future. In the presentation, the President of Innovation and […]
Meet María Luque, project integration engineer at IFMIF-DONES
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 […]
Publication of the bidding processes for the construction of the service buildings and urbanization of the IFMIF-DONES infrastructure in Escúzar
The cost of these first works, excluding tax, is close to €12 million and the management services project is €269,492. Both the Presidency and the General Secretariat of the Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), within the Ministry of Science and Innovation, have announced a bidding process for the construction works of the […]
Spain and Croatia sign a joint declaration to promote their collaboration in the IFMIF-DONES fusion energy project
The Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, and the Croatian Minister of Science and Education, Radovan Fuchs, signed a joint declaration on Wednesday to strengthen collaboration between the two countries within the project to build the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility -Demo Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF – DONES) research infrastructure. With the signing […]
DONES Meetings, working as a team in favour of fusion energy
IFMIF-DONES España has launched a series of monthly meetings, in both virtual and face-to-face formats, to facilitate greater cohesion between the teams working in the IFMIF-DONES project. This series, announced under the name of DONES Meetings, have the aim to extend the project and seek new lines of collaboration with more working groups that can […]
