IFMIF-DONES España was present at LINAC2024 | Argonne National Laboratory, the main biannual meeting of the world community of experts in linear accelerators, which was held last August in Chicago (USA). Iván Podadera, Accelerator Systems Engineering Section Leader of IFMIF-DONES, presented a scientific poster with the latest news on the scientific infrastructure. The communication included […]

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has hosted the liaison committee meeting with representatives of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility and Neutron Source oriented Demo (IFMIF-DONES) project. Demo would be the first fusion reactor to produce electric power. During the meeting, the participants reviewed the progress of the permanent working group between the regulator and […]

The Diputación de Granada and the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium have signed a general protocol of action that seeks to take advantage of the historic opportunity provided by IFMIF-DONES’s location in Granada to promote the economic and social development of the province in numerous and wide-ranging areas. Both institutions have identified several priority lines of work […]

“Selection of maintenance strategy in IFMIF-DONES LINAC components” was the conference title given by our colleague, Juanjo Rueda, during the ARW2024 (Accelerator Reliability Workshop). The event occurred in Helsingborg (Sweden) from 23 to 26 June. Almost 200 participants from different facilities worldwide took part in the sessions: LIPAC, CERN, ESS, MAX IV, ITER, JLAB, SOLEL, […]

Teams from different international organisations visited Granada on 1 July to continue advancing the progress of IFMIF-DONES. The meeting of representatives from Fusion for Energy (F4E), ATG Europe, and DONES continued to define F4E’s contribution to the DONES Programme. Fusion for Energy (F4E) is the European Union organisation managing the European contribution to ITER, the […]

On 2 July, the Spanish Government, through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, reached an agreement with the Italian Government, through the Ministry of Universities and Research, which strengthens Italy’s commitment to participate in and finance the construction of the IFMIF-DONES particle accelerator in Escúzar (Granada). In this way, Italy will join Spain and […]

Our director, Ángel Ibarra, attended the 3rd International Conference on Fusion and Plasma, which took place in Seoul between 24 and 28 June. During the scientific meeting, Ibarra presented the IFMIF-DONES project in an invited plenary talk. He also participated in other events where the different international strategies for the development of fusion and the […]

Inmaculada Molina (Granada, 1977) is a graduate in Biological Sciences, trained at the Universities of Granada, Wales-Swansea (UK), La Laguna (Tenerife) and Uppsala (Sweden), with further training in Management Fundamentals (Cornell University) and Project Management (Google, ESADE, College of Europe), among others. Currently, he works as Senior Project Manager at the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium. QUESTION […]

Schools in Granada and Alicante have recently hosted two informative talks on IFMIF-DONES and fusion energy. On 22 May, the 4th ESO students of the Virgen de Gracia School in Granada attended a talk by Inmaculada Molina about her professional career and work within IFMIF-DONES. This conference took place as part of the school’s orientation […]

The Granada City Council has ceded a space on the first floor of the Quinta Alegre Palace as the headquarters of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium. The announcement of the cession was made on 10 June by the Mayoress, Marifrán Carazo, during the first meeting of the IFMIF-DONES Local Forum, held in the municipal building in […]