Overall objective of this project is to elaborate and draft the consortium agreement (taking into consideration all aspects: governance and management, financial and legal aspects, safety and licensing, etc.) which would enable construction of the first-of-a-kind IFMIF-DONES facility and realization of the DONES Program.
Progress beyond the state of the art therefore relates to novel organizational and legal solutions, conclusions and findings related to the drafting of the IFMIF-DONES’ consortium agreement, and can be summed in the following points:
- Construction of the IFMIF-DONES facility and realization of the DONES Program require new, dedicated governance and management model, similar to Broader Approach Agreement between EU and Japan. DONES Governance and management model has been designed for DONES Program, not just for the IFMIF-DONES Facility.
- A dedicated legal framework, based on bilateral MoU between Spain as the Host Country and other Partner Countries, has been proposed.
- DONES financial planning, consisting of Project Schedule, Project Plan, Cost Book and Procurement Strategy, has been developed.
- Not just Spain as the Host Country of IFMIF-DONES, but also other Partner Countries could utilize ERDF funding for procurement of IFMIF-DONES component, since implementation of ERDF is enabled outside the programme area. Socio-economic and Cost-Benefit studies for IFMIF-DONES have been completed.
- Health, Safety and Environmental Studies, required for radiological licensing of the first-of-a-kind IFMIF-DONES facility, have been developed.
- Studies for utilization of IFMIF-DONES in Complementary (non-fusion) Research are prepared, aimed to increase socio-economic and societal impact of IFMIF-DONES.
- Studies for utilization of renewable sources in IFMIF-DONES have also been drawn up.
- Network of EU Support Facilities aimed to help construction and utilization of IFMIF-DONES has been identified.
All above mentioned results imply that completion of the DONES-PreP project would enable timely construction of the first-of-a-kind IFMIF-DONES facility, for the benefit of realisation of European Fusion Roadmap, for the benefit of wider European scientific community through various Complementary (non-fusion) Research, as well as for the benefit of European business sector through technology transfers and procurements required for the construction and maintenance of the IFMIF-DONES facility and various Support Facilities.