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Investigation Report on Misconduct regarding Design Basis Seismic Ground Motions at Hamaoka Nuke On September 14, Chubu Electric Power Co. released a report from its Special Investigative Committee regarding “inappropriate practices” in formulating...
September 16, 2026 On 14th September, Chubu Electric Power (Chubu Electric) published a report (hereinafter referred to as the Report) from the Special Investigation Committee concerning ‘inappropriate practices’ in the formulation of design...
By Kamisawa Chihiro Chubu Electric Power Company’s Report of March 31 On March 31, Chubu Electric Power Company (Chuden) submitted a “Report on Inappropriateness in the Formulation of Design Basis Seismic Ground Motion...
2 to 5 Large Nukes by 2040, 11 to 14 by 2050? “Future Direction of Nuclear Energy Policy and Action Guidelines,” adopted in April 2024 by the Council of Ministers on Nuclear Energy of...
Data Fabrication for Hamaoka Restart Safety Review Chubu Electric Power Co. announced on January 5 that suspicions had come to light regarding the selection of representative waves in the seismic motion evaluation for...
January 8, 2026 On January 5, Chubu Electric Power announced that it had “suspicions that the selection of representative waves in the ground motion evaluation for the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station had been conducted...
At a press conference on the evening of May 6, Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced an appeal to stop the operation of Chubu Electric’s Hamaoka-4 and 5. Chubu Electric held meetings of its board...
Chubu Electric Power Company’s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 5:07am on August 11. The epicenter was 37 kilometers from the Hamaoka plant in Suruga Bay, in Shizuoka...
On December 22, the Board of Directors of Chubu Electric Power Company decided that it would terminate operations at Hamaoka Reactors No. 1 (540 MW, BWR) and No. 2 (840 MW, BWR) and replace...
The Hamaoka nuclear power plant is safe. You can shake it, but you can’t break it. Thus wrote Judge Akira Miyaoka (long may his name be remembered) of the Shizuoka District Court in his...