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Barcelona Supercomputing Center organises webinar on IFMIF-DONES with almost 150 participants

Barcelona Supercomputing Center organises webinar on IFMIF-DONES with almost 150 participants

The technical director of IFMIF-DONES, Ángel Ibarra, was invited to talk about the project, which is key in the development of fusion energy Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) gathered last May 20 almost 150 people interested in learning about the IFMIF-DONES project and its role in the development of fusion energy at an online conference organised […]

ESFRI analyses the role of IFMIF-DONES in the European Green Deal

ESFRI analyses the role of IFMIF-DONES in the European Green Deal

Chairman of the DONES-PreP project Council, Tonči Tadić, participates in the conference ‘European Research Infrastructures for a Smarter Future’ The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) held the online conference ‘European Research Infrastructures for a Smarter Future’ last May 15, hosted by the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The conference, designed […]

DONES-PreP Council analyses the first six months of the project

DONES-PreP Council analyses the first six months of the project

The decision-making body holds its second meeting since the beginning of the preparatory phase The DONES-PreP project Council, a decision-making body formed by representatives of the partners of the project with a key role in the implementation of IFMIF-DONES, held last April 15th a follow-up meeting and analysed the work conducted during the first months […]

PhD students of the fusion programme of the University of Manchester attend an online seminar about IFMIF-DONES

PhD students of the fusion programme of the University of Manchester attend an online seminar about IFMIF-DONES

About thirty students attended the online talk given by the director of the project, Ángel Ibarra About thirty students of the PhD fusion programme of the University of Manchester participated last April 7th in an online seminar about the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator. The talk ‘A neutron source for fusion: The DONES Project’ was given by […]

“The IFMIF-DONES governance model should relate to the governance of a research program, not of a facility”

“The IFMIF-DONES governance model should relate to the governance of a research program, not of a facility”

Tonči Tadić, Croatian fusion Research Unit (CRU) coordinator Tonči Tadić is the coordinator of the Croatian Fusion Research Unit (CRU) and researcher at Ruđer Bošković Institute, one of the largest multidisciplinary research centres in Croatia. In 2009 he participated in signing a MoU between Croatia and Japan on strategic collaboration in science and was Croatia’s […]

300 students attend informative sessions about IFMIF-DONES in high schools in Granada

300 students attend informative sessions about IFMIF-DONES in high schools in Granada

Physicists of the University of Granada, Antonio Peña and Javier Praena, attend 6 high schools of the province of Granada and present the energy problem and the importance of this project as a milestone in the path towards fusion energy The informative sessions, part of the DONES-Prep project, are being developed by the University of […]

NEAR NUCLEAR FUSION. NUCLEAR FUSION

NEAR NUCLEAR FUSION. NUCLEAR FUSION

It begins with a series of introductory articles on energy production by nuclear fusion and the IFMIF-DONES project. The purpose is to bring these fields of scientific knowledge and technological development, both of which have such decisive social impact, closer to all those interested in understanding and learning about them. What is nuclear fusion? Nuclear […]

Instituto de la Ingeniería de España and CIEMAT analyse IFMIF-DONES at the TJ-II fusion energy experiment workshop

Instituto de la Ingeniería de España and CIEMAT analyse IFMIF-DONES at the TJ-II fusion energy experiment workshop

The workshop addressed Spain’s participation in international fusion projects Spain’s participation in IFMIF-DONES, which expects the construction of a particle accelerator capable of generating neutrons similar to those produced in a fusion reactor, was one of the topics addressed at the workshop ‘El experimento de energía de fusion, TJ-II, del CIEMAT’ (‘TJ-II, CIEMAT’s fusion energy […]

Geotechnical studies are commissioned for the construction of the first laboratories of IFMIF-DONES in Escúzar

Geotechnical studies are commissioned for the construction of the first laboratories of IFMIF-DONES in Escúzar

The first trial pits and explorations have been conducted on the site where the first buildings related to the accelerator particle project will be constructed Codaxsa technicians have begun the preliminary work for the construction of the first laboratories of IFMIF-DONES in Escúzar. The Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT) has commissioned the […]

IFMIF-DONES receives Andalucía Económica Award for best strategic project

IFMIF-DONES receives Andalucía Económica Award for best strategic project

The awards have acknowledged for the past 19 years actions that impact the region’s economic and social development The specialised journal Andalucía Económica has recognised IFMIF-DONES, the experimental facility which is expected to be constructed in Escúzar (Granada), as the best strategic project in Andalucía. The award, which demonstrates the increasing social support for the […]

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