US EditionWatchdog halts nuclear plant safety review after seismic data found to be fabricated
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Fifteen years after the Fukushima accident, the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority has fallen victim to a falsification of safety data. The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan admitted to having underestimated the maximum intensity of a potential earthquake at its plant, located in a seismic zone, according to France Info. Employees of Chubu Electric Power, responsible for the simulations, deliberately chose, since 20…
Fifteen years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, a scandal is making a great deal of noise in Japan. It concerns potential falsification of security data. A nuclear scandal in Japan In Japan, a new scandal is shaking the nuclear sector: the operator of a power plant admitted to having falsified seismic safety data essential for the resumption of activity, leading to the cessation of the regulatory review process. This case, which raises de…
Watchdog halts nuclear plant safety review after seismic data found to be fabricated
Japan’s nuclear watchdog is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant ByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press, January 7, 2026, TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan after the plant’s operator was found to have fabricated data about earthquake risks, in a setback to Japan’s attempts to accelerate …
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