CALL FOR PAPERS(First Announcement)

General Information“New frontier of maintenology beyond the Fukushima accident”

The fourth International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Tohoku 2018) will take placefrom October 23 (Tue.) to 26 (Fri.) 2018 at "Sakura Hall" on Tohoku University Katahira campus in Sendai, Miyagi,
Japan. The previous three ICMST conferences were successfully held at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2012), Kobe
University, Japan (2014) and Tsinghua University, China (2016), respectively. The conference will be an international
forum for presentations and discussions on important issues relating to maintenance and for the exchange of up -todate information on advanced maintenance technologies for nuclear power plants. Maintenance Science andTechnology is an engineering discipline that provides a basis for scientifically rational maintenances. The discipline
optimizes maintenance activities from the viewpoints of safety and economics. After the Fukushima accident, thecredibility of nuclear safety has been an important issue worldwide. This conference will provide an opportunity toconsider the contribution of maintenance activities to the safety management of the operation of nuclear power plants
through thoughtful discussions. Oral and poster sessions will be held.
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers describing original research work in areas including but not limited
to:Safety and Reliability
Inspection and Repair/Replacement Technology in Nuclear Power Plants
Decommissioning for Nuclear Power Plants
Safety Enhancement Program in the Post-Fukushima Period
Material Degradation and Mitigation for Aged Nuclear Plants
Advanced Maintenance Technology in Sustainable Society
Education and Training for Maintenance
Maintenance Related Issues
The two pages short papers will undergo a peer-review process. The accepted contributions will be included in theSymposium Proceedings. Authors of accepted short papers will be solicited to submit the 6 page full version that, after
a peer-review process, will be published in a special issue of the e-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (EJAM AcademicArticle Section)

Important Dates
March 31, 2018→May 31, 2018: Two pages short paper submission deadline
June 30, 2018: Acceptance notification
August 31, 2018: Early registration deadline
October 23, 2018: Full-paper submission

Registration
The submitting procedure requires the registration of the main author. The early registration is available via only theinternet.
Registration fee :RegularStudent

Early rate (deadline: August 31, 2018)

JPY 40,000

JPY 20,000

Standard rate (at the desk)

JPY 45,000

JPY 25,000

BanquetJPY 45,000

JPY 45,000

Exhibition
The conference has exhibition stands in conference hall. Exhibitors can demonstrate their products to conference
participants for the duration of the conference. The exhibit fee will be shown later in the conference website.

Conference Venue
The Conference will be held at "Sakura Hall" on Tohoku University Katahira campus in Sendai, Japan.

Conference Website
http://www.jsm.or.jp/jsm/ICMST2018/index.html

International Steering Committee
Chair
N. Sekimura(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
MemberD. M. Chapin(MPR Associates, USA)
Z. Chen(Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
G. Dobmann(Saar University, Germany)
Z. Li(Tsinghua University, China)
K. Miya(Japan Society of Maintenology, Japan)
Y. H. Jeong(KAERI, Korea)
M. Mochizuki(Osaka University, Japan)
T. Narabayashi(Hokkaido University, Japan)
K. Okamoto(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
K. Papas(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
S. Udpa(Michigan State University, USA)
S. Song(Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
T. Takagi(Tohoku University, Japan)Y. Watanabe(Tohoku University, Japan)
Secretariat
T. Aoki(Tohoku University, Japan)
H. Miyano(Hosei University, Japan)

Organizing Committee
Chair
T. Takagi
Vice-chair
Y. Watanabe
T. AokiMemberK. Chatani
K. Fukumoto
T. Furukawa
H. Hashizume
K. Hotta
T. Iguchi
F. Ishibashi
Y. Ishizaka
K. Itoh
I. Kato(Tohoku University, Japan)

T. Kitano(The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
T. Konno(Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Japan)
T. Yonehara(Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
H. Miyano(Hosei University, Japan)
M. Mochizuki(Osaka University, Japan)
K. Morishita(Kyoto University, Japan)
K. Murano(Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc., Japan)
K. Myojin(The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
T. Nagura(Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
T. Narabayashi(Hokkaido University, Japan)
K. Ogawa(Tohoku University, Japan)
Y. Ohkubo(Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
Y. Ozawa(Fukushima University, Japan)
N. Sekimura(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
N. Soneda(Central Research Institute of ElectricPower Industry, Japan)
K. Suzuki(Niigata University, Japan)
N. Tada(The Japan Electrical Manufacturers'Association, Japan)
H. Takahashi(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan)
M. Takahashi(Tohoku University, Japan)
T. Uchimoto(Tohoku University, Japan)
A. Yamada(Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)
A. Yamaguchi(Japan Society of Maintenology, Japan)

Steering Chair(Tohoku University, Japan)(Tohoku University, Japan)

H. Miyano(Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan)(University of Fukui, Japan)(Japan Power Engineering and Inspection
Corporation, Japan)(Tohoku University, Japan)(Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)(Nagoya University, Japan)(Toshiba Co., Japan)(The Japan Atomic Power Company, Japan)(JAPAN NUS Co., Ltd., Japan)(Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)

T. Uchimoto(Hosei University, Japan)

Treasurer(Tohoku University, Japan)

Program Chair
T. Aoki(Tohoku University, Japan)

Publication Chair
K. Suzuki(Niigata University, Japan)

Local Executive Chair
Y. Watanabe(Tohoku University, Japan)