Participating Countries and International Organizations:
Belgium, Bulgaria, CERN, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Egypt, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam. 

Scientific Programme:
Synthesis and investigation of the properties of nuclei at stability limits. Investigation of the mechanisms of heavy-ion-induced reactions. Study of physical and chemical properties of heavy and superheavy elements. 

Main results expected in 2018:

• Conducting of first experiments on the synthesis of SHE isotopes in reactions with ⁵⁰Ti: ²⁴⁴Pu+ ⁵⁰Ti. 
  
  
• Search for rare reaction channels with evaporation of charged particles, studies of the decay properties of the Rf and Sg isotopes using the separator SHELS + GABRIELA. Implementation of experiments on measurement of the multiplicity of prompt neutrons from the spontaneous fission of the Rf and Sg isotopes. Preparation of an experiment on the spectroscopy of the ²⁸⁸Mc isotope and the daughter products of its decay. 
  
  
• Conducting of experiments on the study of chemical properties of element 113. Conducting of experiments on the study of Cn and Fl selenides. 
  
  
• Measurement of the cross sections of xn channels for complete fusion reactions ⁴⁰Ar+ ¹⁴⁴Sm, ⁴⁰Ar+ ¹⁶⁴Er, ⁴⁰Ca+ ¹⁴⁴Nd, and⁴⁸Ca+ ¹⁴²Nd. 
  
  
• Production and study of the properties of new neutron-rich heavy nuclei in binary multi-nucleon transfer processes, quasi-fission and fast fission. Investigation of the mass-energy distributions of fragments produced in the reactions ^16,18O + ²³²Th, ²³⁸U,²⁴²Pu, and ⁴⁸Ca + ¹⁵⁴Sm. Study of the multi-body decays of low-excited heavy nuclei. Study of multicluster decay of heavy and superheavy nuclei. Development of physical setups. 
  
  
• Investigation of the structure of the exotic nuclei ^5,7Н, ¹¹Be, and ²³Si using radioactive beams at the ACCULINNA-1 and ACCULINNA-2 setups. 
  
  
• Selection of optimal reactions for the production of beams of light nuclei ( ^6-8Не, ^9,11Li, ⁸В, and ¹⁰С) in the transfer reactions at low energies on the MAVR setup. Selection and application of highly effective sensitive techniques for detection, identification, and measurement of products of interaction of exotic nuclei beams with low intensity (10 ³ - 10 ⁶ s ^-1). Measurement of the total cross sections of reactions and individual channels (complete fusion, nucleon and cluster transfer reactions) in a wide energy range from 5 to 30 MeV/A. 
  
  
• Theoretical studies of the mechanisms of heavy-ion-induced reactions. 
  
  
• Development and update of the network knowledge base on nuclear physics. 
  
  
• Investigation of shapes and sizes of exotic nuclei employing laser spectroscopy methods. 
  
  

List of Activities
	Activity or Experiment	Leaders	Status
	Laboratory or other Division of JINR Responsible person	Main researchers
1.	Synthesis of new isotopes  of superheavy elements at DGFRS	V.K. Utyonkov	Data taking
	FLNR	F.Sh. Abdullin, A.A. Voinov, A.M. Zubareva, A.N. Polyakov, R.N. Sagaidak, V.G. Subbotin, A.M. Sukhov, Yu.S. Tsyganov, I.V. Shirokovsky, M.V. Shumeiko, N.D. Kovrijnykh, O.V. Petrushkin, A.S. Sviridchenkov, L. Schlattauer, T.Sh. Mirsaitov, A.N. Zubarev
2.	-, - and - spectroscopy  of heavy nuclei at the SHELS  separator	A.V. Yeremin	Data taking
	FLNR	O.N. Malyshev, A.I. Svirikhin, I.N. Izosimov, V.I. Chepigin, M.L. Chelnokov, A.V. Isaev, Yu.A. Popov, A.N. Kuznetsov, A.A. Kuznetsova, A.G. Popeko, E.A. Sokol, D.E. Katrasev, V.M. Popov, V.A. Sbitnev, I.A. Belov, M.S. Tezekbaeva
3.	Chemical properties of superheavy elements	S.N. Dmitriev	Data taking
	FLNR	N.V. Aksenov, Yu.V. Albin, G.A. Bozhikov, M.G. Voronyuk, G.K. Vostokin, N.S. Gustova, I. Zvara, V.Ya. Lebedev, K.V. Lebedev, A.Sh. Madumarov, A.V. Rykhlyuk, A.V. Sabelnikov, G.Ya. Starodub
4.	Experiments at the magnetic analyzer of superheavy atoms MASHA	A.M. Rodin	Data taking
	FLNR	L. Krupa, A.V. Belozerov, E.V. Chernusheva, V.Yu. Vedeneev, A.V. Guljaev, A.V. Guljaeva, D. Kamas, A.B. Komarov, A.S. Novoselov, A.Opihal, A.V. Podshibyakin, V.S. Salamatin, S.V. Stepantsov, S.A. Yukhimchuk
5.	Study of the processes  of fusion-fission, quasi-fission and multi-nucleon transfer reactions. CORSET-DEMON, CORSAR, and  MiniFOBOS setups	M.G. Itkis	Data taking
	FLNR	E.M. Kozulin, Yu.M. Itkis, I.N. Dyatlov, G.N. Knyazheva, N.I. Kozulina, K.V. Novikov, E.O. Savelieva, J.M. Harka, D.V. Kamanin, V.V. Kirokasian I.A. Alexandrova, A.A. Alexandrov, Z.I. Gorya'nova, V.E. Zhuchko, E.A. Kuznetsova, Опихал А., A. Pan, R.N.Popov, Pchelintsev I.V., Yu.V. Pyatkov, Yu.B. Semenov, A.N. Solodov, A.O. Strekalovsky, O.V. Strekalovskiy, Тезекбаева М., I.V. Vorob'ev, O.V. Falomkina
6.	Study of the structure of exotic nuclei near and beyond the  drip-lines at the ACCULINNA  and COMBAS fragment separators	A.S. Fomichev	Data taking
	FLNR	G.M. Ter-Akopian, M.S. Golovkov, L.V. Grigorenko, A.V. Gorshkov, E.M. Gazeeva, B. Zalewski, N. Carjan, V.A. Gorshkov, S.A. Krupko, A.A. Bezbakh, Yu.L. Parfenova, S.I. Sidorchuk, R.S. Slepnev, G. Kaminsky, V. Chudoba, R. Wolski, P.G. Sharov, S.A. Rimzhanova, S.G. Belogurov, Yu.M. Sereda, A.G. Artukh, A.N. Vorontsov, S.A. Klygin, G.A. Kononenko, D.A. Kislukha, N.I. Tarantin, E. Batchuluun
	BLTP	S.N. Ershov, N.B. Shulgina
7.	Investigation of reactions induced by stable and radioactive ion beams leading to the formation of exotic  nuclei. Development of MAVR and  MULTI setups	Yu.E. Penionzhkevich	Data taking
	FLNR	D.T. Aznabaev, M.P. Ivanov, S.M. Lukyanov, V.A. Maslov, K.O. Mendibaev, N.K. Skobelev, Yu.G. Sobolev, Z.D. Pokrovskaya, R.V. Revenko, V.I. Smirnov, D.A. Testov
8.	Theoretical studies of nuclear reaction mechanisms	A.V. Karpov
	FLNR	A.S. Denikin, V.V. Samarin, M.A. Naumenko, E.A. Cherepanov, Yu.A. Muzichka, V.A. Rachkov, V.V. Saiko
9.	Development and update of the network knowledge base on nuclear  physics	A.V. Karpov A.S. Denikin	Data taking
	FLNR	V.V. Samarin, V.A. Rachkov, M.A. Naumenko, V.V. Saiko
	LIT	V.V. Korenkov, P.V. Zrelov, E.I. Alexandov
10.	Laser spectroscopy of isotopes	S.G. Zemlyanoy	Data taking
	FLNR	V.I. Zhemenik, G.V. Myshinskiy, K.A. Avvakumov