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01.10.26 - 09:36
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New Chubu Electric Chief Pledges Governance Overhaul (Nippon)
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Kakegawa, Shizuoka Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Minoru Yasui, new president of Chubu Electric Power Co., pledged Thursday to reform corporate governance following a series of misconduct cases involving its nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Yasui met with Masaru Shimomura, mayor of Omaezaki, Shizuoka, home to the Hamaoka nuclear plant, to outline the company's approach to re......
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25.09.26 - 10:24
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Chubu Electric Withdraws N-Reactor Restart Screening Applications (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Friday that it has withdrawn its applications for Nuclear Regulation Authority safety screening required to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. The power utility announced the move following revelations of fraud involving earthquake-related data. According to the......
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15.09.26 - 11:42
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Fire Occurs at Chubu Electric Hamaoka N-Plant in Central Japan (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that a fire occurred on the day at its idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. The fire caused no injury or had no impact on the safety of the plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, the company said. Around 10:40 a.m., a worker spotted a small fire in a control panel in a building for power disconnection and connectio......
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15.09.26 - 09:54
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Chubu Electric Apologizes to Local Leaders over Data Fraud (Nippon)
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Shizuoka, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi on Tuesday apologized to local government leaders over the company's earthquake risk data fraud involving the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Chubu Electric submitted to the Nuclear Regulation Authority cherry-picked quake vibration data using a method different fro......
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14.09.26 - 14:54
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Chubu Electric in Tough Spot after N-Plant Data Fraud (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. faces a difficult predicament as its earthquake-risk data fraud has left the power utility with no clear outlook for restarting its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. An investigative committee report released Monday highlighted the seriousness of the misconduct, in which Chubu Electric provided to the Nuclear Regulation Authority ......
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14.09.26 - 10:30
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Chubu Electric Leaders to Resign over N-Plant Data Fraud (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Monday that President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will step down Sept. 30 to take responsibility for an earthquake risk data fraud involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. Senior Managing Executive Officer Minoru Yasui is set to become the next president. Honorary adviser Akihisa Mizuno will also r......
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14.09.26 - 08:06
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Chubu Electric Execs Rapped Officials over N-Plant Screening Delay (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. executives had criticized engineering division officials over a delay in regulatory screening of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, according to a report released by the company Monday. Some Chubu Electric departments are suspected of underestimating possible earthquake vibrations in data submitted for the regulatory scre......
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12.09.26 - 10:12
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Chubu Electric Chairman Katsuno May Resign over Data Fraud (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. Chairman Satoru Katsuno is considering how to take responsibility for an earthquake risk data fraud scandal involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, including the possibility of resigning, informed sources have said. Chubu Electric is suspected of cherry-picking earthquake vibration data during regulatory screening fo......
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11.09.26 - 09:48
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Chubu Electric Seen Withdrawing Nuclear Plant Restart Application (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. is planning to withdraw its application to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following a data cherry-picking scandal, it was learned Friday. Regarding the scandal, Chubu Electric said the same day that it had received a report from an investigative committee o......
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10.09.26 - 09:12
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Chubu Electric Overcharges 5 M. Customers for Over 2 Years (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Thursday that its retail unit had overcharged more than five million customers for over two years due to cost calculation errors. The overcharges, found at Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co., affected at least 5,009,000 customers, or about 57 pct of its total customer base. About half of the affected customers are households. Cust......
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27.08.26 - 10:42
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Chubu Electric Finds Improper Billing in N-Reactor Decommissioning (Nippon)
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Nagoya, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. has improperly billed costs for decommissioning the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, for fiscal 2024, company officials said Thursday. The related costs were invoiced to the Nuclear Reprocessing and Decommissioning Facilitation Organization, which oversees decommissioning ......
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