Chubu Electric pulls restart application for Hamaoka reactors after data-tampering probe
Chubu Electric filed paperwork to withdraw its request to restart Units 3 and 4 at Hamaoka nuclear plant after an external lawyer committee found the company had falsified seismic data.
Chubu Electric Power Co. submitted the required documents to cancel its regulatory screening application for restarting the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear facility in Shizuoka Prefecture. The move follows a report by an independent committee of outside lawyers that concluded the utility had manipulated seismic information during the earlier restart review. The withdrawal halts any near-term plans to bring the reactors back online.
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It shows the regulatory and safety challenges confronting Japan's plan to revive nuclear power.
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