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Chubu Electric chiefs to quit over nuclear data fraud, NHK Says
An independent panel found falsified earthquake-risk data and false explanations in restart reviews, and the utility may withdraw its Hamaoka application.
- 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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Japanese operator Chubu Electric Power abandons the restart of two nuclear reactors after the discovery of seismic data manipulated Two top executives of the Japanese operator
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