Status and perspectives of LNL physics programs.

The Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL) are a user-oriented large-scale facility mainly dedicated to research programs in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, and to high-level technology developments relevant to several disciplines. The LNL accelerator complex consists in two smaller electrostatic accelerators (the 2 MV AN2000 and the 7 MV CN) and the Tandem-ALPI- PIAVE complex. In addition, the SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) project will provide second-generation ISOL beams. SPES is the most important initiative of LNL and thus is the central part of the mid- and long-term strategy of the laboratory. The SPES project is based on a dual-exit cyclotron B70 providing intense proton beams. The facility will provide both low-energy and re-accelerated radioactive ion beams to carry out forefront research in nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, and R&D of novel medical radionuclides. The available stable beam facilities at LNL together with the state-of- the-art instrumentation will be discussed as well as the status of the SPES radioactive ion beam facility. These two branches are making the LNL an attractive pole for worldwide users.