From June 2 to 6, the city of Granada is hosting the Technical Meeting on Safety in Design, Safety Assessment, and Regulatory Activities to Facilitate the Future Development and Deployment of Fusion Facilities. The event is organized by the Government of Spain through the IFMIF-DONES project, in collaboration with the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) and […]

The 3rd I+DONES Forum, organized by the Industry Office and CDTI (the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology under the Ministry of Science), brought together over 260 participants in Granada on May 29–30 to explore opportunities within the fusion industry. The attendees—mostly companies from Granada, Andalusia, and the rest of Spain—took part in the […]

A delegation from IFMIF-DONES recently visited CERN, within the framework of the two scientific organisations’ existing collaboration. The meetings were to deepen aspects of safety design and the development of common technologies. The meetings covered a wide range of technical topics, such as plant systems, dynamic confinement, fire protection, waste management, safety control systems, calibration/dosimetry, […]

The DONES Steering Committee, the governing body overseeing the development of the Programme, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 5th meeting, held on 20 May 2025 at the Centro Federico García Lorca in Granada. This significant event brought together representatives from 17 countries, EURATOM, and international fusion energy organizations (EUROfusion and F4E) […]

The IFMIF-DONES scientific project has experienced a historic day that will remain engraved in the memory of international science and technology. On a day full of symbolism, the first stone of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator was laid, a unique infrastructure in the world for its type, and at the same time the signing of the […]

On May 12, the ‘DONES Day Expo Osaka’ was held at the Spain Pavilion in the Japanese city of Osaka. The event provided the stage for the official signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) by the Japanese State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Atsushi Nonaka. The signing ceremony was attended by […]

The ‘Women in DONES’ (WiD) collective is extremely active. Periodically, the scientists, engineers and researchers who make up the group are very active. Despite the difficulty of working in work centers located in different locations, the WiDs coordinate to maximize their presence in multiple events. In May, they organized a face-to-face meeting in Granada to […]

The rector of the University of Granada, Pedro Mercado, and the Councilor for University, Research and Innovation of the Junta de Andalucía, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, have visited the UGR-DONES research centre, located in Escúzar, in an event that was also attended by Ángel Ibarra Sánchez, director of IFMIF-DONES Spain, and the subdelegate of the […]

The DONES Runners Team, formed by workers and members of the IFMIF-DONES project, continues to establish itself as a benchmark of sport, fellowship and science in motion. During the last months, its members have actively participated in different popular races in Granada, taking with them the name of the scientific infrastructure to each goal crossed. […]

The director of the DONES Xcitech School, Blanca Biel, makes a very positive balance of the third edition held between April 6 and 11 in Dubrovnik (Croatia): “This edition has been very special for us. For the first time we left Granada and held the school in Dubrovnik, and the experience could not have been […]