Chubu Electric Power's Cover-up of Wrongdoing: President Hayashi Offers "Deepest Apologies"; Third-Party Committee Report Suggests "It Happened in the Summer": Asahi Shimbun

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At a regular press conference held on the 29th, Chubu Electric Power President Shingo Hayashi stated that regarding the issue of the company's fraudulent manipulation of data on the "design basis earthquake ground motion," the maximum expected earthquake tremor at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (Shizuoka Prefecture), the Nuclear Regulation Authority's investigation began in May 2025…

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Regarding the issue of Chubu Electric Power Company continuing its fraudulent practices even after the Nuclear Regulation Authority began its investigation into the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant's seismic resistance data, President Shingo Hayashi apologized at a financial results press conference held at the company's headquarters in Nagoya on the 29th, stating, "This is absolutely unacceptable for a nuclear power operator. I once again offer my s…