• A.O. Sidorin, N.N. Agapov, V. Batin, A.V. Butenko, D.E. Donets, A.V. Eliseev, A. Govorov, V. Karpinsky, V.D. Kekelidze, H.G. Khodzhibagiyan, A. Kirichenko, O.S. Kozlov, I.N. Meshkov, V.A. Mikhaylov, V. Monchinsky, S. Romanov, V. Shevtsov, A.N. Sissakian, I. Slepnev, V. Slepnev, G.V. Trubnikov, B. Vasilishin, V. Volkov
  JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region
• V. Alexandrov
  BINP SB RAS, Protvino, Moscow Region
• O.I. Brovko, A.D. Kovalenko
  JINR/LHE, Moscow

The 'Nuclotron-M' project started in 2007 is considered as the key point of the first stage of the NICA/MPD project. General goal of the 'Nuclotron-M' project is to prepare all the systems of the Nuclotron for its long and reliable operation as a part of the NICA collider injection chain. Additionally the project realization will increase the Nuclotron ability for realization of its current experimental program. Results of the last runs of the Nuclotron operation are presented.

• A.O. Sidorin, A.V. Butenko, E.D. Donets, E.E. Donets, V.V. Fimushkin, A. Govorov, V. Kobets, I.N. Meshkov, V. Monchinsky, G.V. Trubnikov
  JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region
• A. Belov
  RAS/INR, Moscow
• O.K. Belyaev, Yu.A. Budanov, A.P. Maltsev, I.A. Zvonarev
  IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region
• V.V. Kapin
  MEPhI, Moscow

The injector complex of the NICA facility consists of existing Alvarez-type linac LU-20 and new heavy ion linac HILac. The LU-20 is under modernization now, the HILac will be constructed during coming years. Parameters of the accelerators are presented.

• A.O. Sidorin, N.N. Agapov, A.V. Eliseev, V. Karpinsky, H.G. Khodzhibagiyan, A.D. Kovalenko, G.L. Kuznetsov, I.N. Meshkov, V.A. Mikhaylov, V. Monchinsky, A.V. Smirnov, G.V. Trubnikov, B. Vasilishin
  JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region
• A.V. Butenko
  JINR/LHE, Moscow

The main goal of the Nuclotron booster construction are following: accumulation up to 4·10⁺⁹ Au³²⁺ ions; acceleration of the ions up to energy of 600 MeV/u that is sufficient for stripping of the ions to the bare nucleus state; simplification of the requirements to the vacuum conditions in the Nuclotron; forming of the required beam emittance at the energy of 100 MeV/u with electron cooling system. The features of this booster, the requirement to the main synchrotron systems and their parameters are presented.