Support for the consolidation phase of the DEMO Oriented Early Neutron Source IFMIF/DONES

This action should support:

• IFMIF-DONES Programme partners in the decision-making process especially in planning, costing and risks evaluation.
• Consolidation of the IFMIF-DONES Programme Governance rules and documents to complete a framework for effective and efficient collaboration between all stakeholders.
• Partners in the early step of the Project Team implementation and in the transition period up to the moment when government funds are made available.
• Further definition and design of Complementary Experimental areas outside of fusion research.
• Further work on planning the operation and exploitation phase, with special emphasis on the implementation of the relevant conclusions of the DONES Preparatory Phase and on the involvement of other EU facilities in the Programme (including detailed measures for the transport of irradiated materials to external facilities).

Scope:

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