Both meetings were held days after the General Assembly and gathered representatives of the partners involved and of the ten observers November has been an important month for the DONES Preparatory Phase project (DONES-PreP). Besides the General Assembly, the project also organised its two high-level meetings to discuss key aspects for the management of the […]
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UPM Big Science seminar on large scientific infrastructures analyses aims and opportunities to participate in IFMIF-DONES
The Technical University of Madrid’s initiative seeks the promotion of direct participation in large scientific infrastructures UPM Big Science, an initiative by the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) devoted to large projects and scientific infrastructures, organised last November 27 the online seminar on Future scientific infrastructures: IFMIF-DONES and other opportunities for UPM in the energy […]
THE RACE TOWARDS FUSION. IFMIF-DONES, a scientific infrastructure with priority for the European Union
In July 2018, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), included IFMIF-DONES, along with other five scientific infrastructures, in its roadmap. This milestone was vital for the project and its construction in Granada, opening the door to the attraction of European funds. The inclusion of this project presented by Spain among the high-priority scientific […]
On the edge of electricity production by nuclear fusion
THE POST-ITER ERA The ITER programme (acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), which is the result of several decades of research in plasma physics and fusion reactor technology, is also the culmination of an international collaboration that could end just as soon as that stage is completed. Although for the ITER partners the construction of […]
The Cluster of the Nuclear Industry in Cantabria organises an online event on large scientific facilities and IFMIF-DONES
The Director of the project, Ángel Ibarra, described the project and milestones for the construction of the facility The Cluster of the Nuclear Industry in Cantabria (CICN) celebrated last 11th of November an online session about nuclear industry in large scientific infrastructures. One of the presentations was devoted to the particle accelerator IFMIF-DONES project. The […]
DONES-PreP reviews its first year of activity at the Second General Assembly
This technical meeting gathered members of all 16 institutions involved in the preparatory phase of IFMIF-DONES Last November 10 and 11, members of the 16 international entities involved in the DONES-PreP project participated in its Second General Assembly. This European project is currently developing the preparatory phase for the construction of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator […]
Students in the Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering of the University of Granada learn about the role of IFMIF-DONES in the energy future
The ‘Advanced Energy Systems in Engineering’ module includes contents on nuclear energy, taught by the Director of the IFMIF-DONE Implementation Office, Antonio Peña The IFMIF-DONES project and the role of this scientific infrastructure will have in solving the neutron irradiation problem and in advancing towards fusion energy was presented to the 70 students enrolled in […]
The International School of Radiation Damage and Protection tackles the design and operation challenges of particle accelerators
The 12th course will be held in Erice (Sicily) between April 8 and April 14, 2021 The Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture will celebrate the 12th Course of the International School of Radiation Damage and Protection in Erice (Sicily) between April 8 and April 14, 2021. It will tackle the challenges during […]
‘If we want to move towards a sustainable productive model, I am convinced that Spain needs to support Science, support DONES’
Carlos Alejaldre, Director-General of CIEMAT Carlos Alejaldre holds a degree in Physics by the University of Zaragoza and received his Doctorate in Electrophysics at the Polytechnic Institute of New York, where he worked until he returned to Spain in 1986. Before being appointed Director-General at Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) in 2018, […]
The role of IFMIF-DONES in the energy present and future in the post COVID-19 scenario is addressed at RAUS conference
The Director of the IFMIF-DONES Implementation Office of the University of Granada, Antonio Peña, presented the opening session of the Red Ambiental de Universidades Sostenibles conference Red Ambiental de Universidades Sostenibles (RAUS) celebrated last September 24 and 25 its third research forum devoted to the Agenda 2030 challenges. The south American conference was held via […]
