International Topical Workshop on Fukushima-Daiichi Decommissioning Research 2026
  FDR2026  
    October 02-05, 2026. J-Village, Naraha, Fukushima, JAPAN

What's New

• Jan.19, 2026: Submission of abstract opened. See File Submission page.
• Aug.21, 2025: Website opened.

Call for Papers

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Objective

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) are jointly organizing International Topical Workshop on Fukushima-Daiichi Decommissioning Research 2026 (FDR2026), a follow-up to the successful previous meetings held in 2019, 2022 and 2024.

The topical workshop promotes a broad global exchange of information on technologies, operations, management and safety for the Research and Development activities on decommissioning and dismantling of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Join the on-site workshop with worldwide experts to present your work on current and future activities on Fukushima-Daiichi decommissioning, showing the steady recovery of Fukushima.

Prior to the workshop, a half-day technical tour to the Fukushima- Daiichi Nuclear Power Station site will be held on Oct. 02, 2026.

Abstract submission

Authors are required to submit abstracts (maximum 400 words) in English via the workshop website by April 30, 2026. The presentation will be limited to one paper per person.

Extended abstract submission

Instructions for the preparation of extended abstracts will be announced to authors with the notification of abstract acceptance and at the workshop website. Selected papers will be proposed for publication in Mechanical Engineering Journal (JSME) and Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (AESJ).

Important dates (tentative)

Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2026
Notification of abstract acceptance: June 1, 2026
Extended abstract submission deadline:July 31, 2026