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The basic facility of the Factory of Superheavy Elements (SHE), the DC-280 cyclotron, in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research has been completed. Both new and experimentally tested engineering solutions of the laboratory underlie the project. Planned beam intensities of up to 10 pμA of ions with average masses (A ~ 50) are one order of magnitude higher than those produced at the U-400 cyclotron up to now. From 2016 to 2018, the DC-280 cyclotron equipment was installation and set up. The first 84Kr14+ ion beam was accelerated in the DC-280 on December 26, 2018, and extracted to the accelerated ion transportation channel on January 17, 2019. In March 2019, beams of accelerated 84Kr+14 ions with an intensity of 1.36 pμA and 12С+2 ions with an intensity of 10 pμA were extracted from the DC-280 to the beam transportation channel with an energy of about 5.8 MeV/nucleon. The main task of the new accelerator is to implement a long-term research program at the SHE Factory aimed at the synthesis of new elements (Z ≥ 119) and a detailed study of nuclear–physical and chemical properties of previously discovered elements nos. 112–118.

The status of the project of the DC-280 cyclotron is presented. The DC-280 will be the basic facility of the Super Heavy Element Factory which is being created at the FLNR JINR. The energy of the ions extracted from the cyclotron will be vary from 4 up to 8 MeV/amu. The expected ion beam intensity at DC-280 extraction is 10 pμA for ions with masses of 50–60. The main parts of the DC-280 are already made and are being assembled. In according to FLNR plans the cyclotron has to be assembled in the period from 2016 to 2017. The cyclotron commissioning will be in 2018.

Since 2010 the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has been utilizing SEE testing facilities at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna. The FLNR has abundant experience in development, creation and using heavy ion cyclotrons, ECR ion sources and auxiliary systems. The FLNR Accelerating Complex consists of four isochronous cyclotrons, two of them: U400 and U400M are used in programs of SEE testing with heavy ions. At present time, the accelerators equipped by four specialized beam lines for SEE testing. Beams of elements from Li to Bi in two energy ranges: 3 ÷6 MeV/nucleon (lower range) and 20 ÷50 MeV/nucleon (upper range) are available to users. Specialized beam lines provide irradiating areas up to 300 cm2 for the lower range and up to 28 cm2 for the upper one. Beam inhomogeneity over the irradiating area is not worse than 20%. On-line and ex situ diagnostics of the main experimental parameters have been provided. Annual operation of U-400 and U-400M is about 6000 hours each. Annual operation of SEE testing facilities at FLNR is about 2000 hours. The future FLNR plans of SEE testing development are presented.