Status of the ion trap project at IGISOL

The IGISOL facility at the Department of Physics of the University of Jyvas kyla: (JYFL) is delivering radioactive beams of short-lived exotic nuclei, in particular the neutron-rich isotopes from the fission reaction. These nu clei are studied with the nuclear spectroscopy methods. In order to substan tially increase the quality and sensitivity of such studies the beam should undergo beam handling: cooling, bunching and isobaric purification. The fi r st two processes are performed with the use of an RFQ cooler/buncher. The isobaric purification will be made by a Penning trap placed after the RF-c ooler element. This contribution describes the current status of the ion tr ap project and its future prospects. The latter comprise the precise nuclea r mass measurements, nuclear spectroscopy in the Penning trap interior as w ell as the laser spectroscopy on the extracted beams.