ZAGREB – The third workshop of the Dones Challenge, the most important European enterprise within the area of fusion vitality, which is organized by main Spanish and Croatian scientific institutes gathering worldwide fusion consultants and engineers, started on Tuesday in Zagreb.
The director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB) David M. Smith mentioned that IRB has the honour of enjoying a key function in coordinating fusion analysis in Croatia, on a challenge that in 2018 was declared a scientific infrastructure of strategic significance for the European Union.
He emphasizes that the challenge goes past the scope of vitality itself and encompasses biomedicine, isotope manufacturing, nuclear physics, supplies science, and astrophysics. It additionally extends to industrial purposes corresponding to neutron tomography, dealing with liquid metals, superior robotics, and sensor methods.
The Head of the European Fee Illustration in Croatia, Zrinka Ujević, mentioned that the challenge is necessary in efforts to attain a sustainable low-carbon future and that it’s proof of the potential of European cooperation, which works past European borders.
The Spanish Ambassador to Croatia, Juan González-Barba, congratulated the cooperation leaders, physicist Tonči Tadić from the Ruđer Bošković Institute, and the director of the Ifmif-Dones consortium, Ángel Ibarra Sánchez, for growing a top-level scientific collaboration that has turn out to be essentially the most promising area of bilateral cooperation between the 2 international locations.
The Dones Challenge is the most important European enterprise within the area of fusion vitality, essential for the event of future fusion energy vegetation, during which Croatia, along with Spain, performs a key function.
On the initiative of Croatia and Spain, in 2018 it was declared a scientific infrastructure of strategic significance for the EU throughout the framework of the European Strategic Discussion board for Analysis Infrastructures (ESFRI). This provides the challenge a bonus in funding from European and nationwide funds, nevertheless it additionally commits to organizing its personal Person Community on the EU stage. (October 1, 2024)