The planned site for DONES, at Parque Metropolitano, Industrial y Tecnológico de Granada, in Escúzar, already has its first scientific infrastructure. DONES (DEMO Oriented Neutron Source) is a scientific facility aimed to operate a neutron source, intended to qualify the materials to be used in future fusion reactors. In DONES, a particle accelerator will produce […]
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The BSBF devotes its third webinar to technology transfer in the Big Science market
The online event will take place on February 18, with speakers from academia, Fusion for Energy, CERN, ESA, EMBL, PERIIA, CDTI and the industry sector Next February 18, the Big Science Business Forum will hold its third webinar ‘How Industry and Research Infrastructures can innovate the Big Science Market: The BSBF Technology Transfer Track’. This […]
“Many particle accelerators are already using our timing solutions. In a remarkable way, other key facilities are in the field of Astrophysics and telescopes Arrays”
Rafael Rodríguez, Co-founder and CTO of Seven Solutions Rafael Rodríguez is a Computer Engineer graduated from the University of Granada. His main interests are embedded and FPGA-based systems, time synchronization, frequency distribution and deterministic communications. He is co-founder and head of the Technology Department (CTO) of Seven Solutions. During the last 15 years, he has […]
The University of Granada announces a call for tenders to conduct a study on the socioeconomic impact of IFMIF-DONES in the covid-19 scenario
The Contracts and Tenders Service of the University of Granada has published the tender ‘A study on the socioeconomic impact related to the IFMIF-DONES implementation in the COVID-19 scenario’ (ref. UGR/2020/0185). The deadline for submissions is January 12, 2021. More information about deadlines, requirements and necessary documentation here.
Spanish Government authorises the Consortium Agreement to boost Spain’s IFMIF-DONES candidacy
The Spanish Ministry of Science and the Regional Government of Andalucía will form this Consortium with €1.5 million for its activities between 2020 and 2023 Spain’s Council of Ministers approved last Wednesday the signing of the agreement between the Spanish Government and the Regional Government to establish the Consortium that will support Spain’s candidacy and […]
DONES-PreP holds its Council and Stakeholders Committee meetings as the project completes its first year
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 […]
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 […]
