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By Kamisawa Chihiro Recent earthquake off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture (December 8, 2025) An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 took place off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture (the hypocenter...
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...
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 27, 2026 At the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), established on the basis of sincere reflection on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, a situation has arisen that casts doubt on the independence...
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...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 4. The theory of highly complex technology systems indicates that nuclear power plants cannot be free...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 3. The viewpoints from which to assess accidents is the key to pursuing technological safety Technology...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...
By Kamisawa Chihiro Official decision to deny approval At the review meeting for compliance with the new regulatory standards 1) on July 26, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) review team concluded that it...