Chubu Electric President to Step Down Over Falsified Hamaoka Seismic Data
Chubu Electric Power's president and chairman are set to resign after the utility was found to have submitted falsified seismic data in its bid to restart the Hamaoka nuclear plant.
The president of Chubu Electric Power is preparing to resign after the Japanese utility was found to have submitted falsified seismic data in its application to restart the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday.
President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno are expected to announce their departures on Monday. Minoru Yasui, currently a director at the company, is slated to assume the presidency.
The Hamaoka plant, located in central Japan, had been under a safety review as part of efforts to restart its nuclear reactors. That review was suspended by Japan's nuclear watchdog following the data scandal.
The controversy widened last month when Chubu acknowledged that it had altered documents submitted to Japan's nuclear decommissioning fund manager. Those documents concerned the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Hamaoka site, which are currently being dismantled.
The leadership changes come as the utility grapples with the fallout from the falsified submissions, which have stalled its push to bring the Hamaoka reactors back online.