Chubu Electric Executives Resign After 208 Hamaoka Seismic Data Manipulations
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 14
Chubu Electric Executives Resign After 208 Hamaoka Seismic Data Manipulations
2 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 14
Summary
Chubu Electric said President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will step down at the end of September after an investigative report detailed repeated misconduct tied to the Hamaoka plant restart push.
The committee found the company manipulated at least 208 earthquake assessments from at least 2012 and ignored whistleblower reports filed in 2019 and 2021.
Chubu also withdrew its applications to restart two Hamaoka reactors in Shizuoka, with Senior Managing Executive Officer Minoru Yasui set to become president on Oct. 1.
Japan tightened reactor restart rules after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and the scandal threatens a nuclear revival strategy even as the government says its policy of maximizing decarbonized power sources remains unchanged.