[en] The AGS at Brookhaven National Laboratory is now being prepared to accelerate heavy ions up to mass 32 to energies of approx. 15 GeV/A. Negative ions are to be made in a sputter ion source, accelerated in the BNL tandems to energies of approx. 7 MeV/A, stripped of all electrons, and transported the 2100' to the AGS. Some considerations for the injection and acceleration of Tandem beams directly into the AGS are described as are future plans for the acceleration of heavier mass ions in the AGS and ultimately the acceleration of ions in a two ring collider (RHIC) to 100 GeV/A. The physics programs for which these accelerators are designed are briefly discussed. 19 references, 4 figures, 3 tables