Chubu Electric chiefs to quit over nuclear data fraud, NHK Says
An outside panel found manipulated earthquake-risk data, and the utility plans to drop its restart application for two reactors, NHK reported.
- On Monday, Chubu Electric Power President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno announced their resignations following a safety data-tampering scandal, with the utility expected to abandon plans to restart two Hamaoka reactors.
- A 250-page independent panel report released Monday detailed how management's "reprimand" regarding restart delays pressured staff, identified as "one of the factors contributing to the misconduct" involving falsified earthquake-risk data for Hamaoka No. 4 reactors.
- The Nuclear Regulation Authority suspended safety reviews in December after receiving whistleblower reports last year, as the utility previously submitted data underestimating seismic risks against approved estimates of 1,200 gal for earthquake intensity.
- Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa on Friday called the safety problems "extremely regrettable," adding authorities would consider the strictest necessary response; Chubu Electric shares fell as much as 4.2% following the announcements.
- Located near the Nankai Trough, the Hamaoka plant remains at risk of a potential "megaquake"; while Japan seeks to revive nuclear power to meet energy needs, this scandal complicates restart efforts 15 years after Fukushima.
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In Japan, two senior executives of Chubu Electric Power resigned on Monday, 14 September, after recognizing the falsification of seismic risk data at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the south-central part of the country. The facility, located in an area exposed to the risk of "mega-earthquake", will not be reinstated and the company withdrew its request to restart two reactors.
Japanese utility execs resign over falsified quake safety data for 2 nuclear reactors
The president of Chubu Electric Power Co., Japan's third-largest utility, says he and the chairperson are resigning over manipulated earthquake safety data for two nuclear reactors
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = Japan's Chubu Electric Power Company [is discussing] seismic design related to the restart of Units 3 and 4 of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, which it operates...
Two senior leaders of a Japanese nuclear operator resigned today following a seismic data falsification scandal, and the group announced that it will withdraw requests for the reactivation of two reactors.
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