The Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission on the 7th lambasted Japan’s central electric power company for“Arbitrary” data manipulation after the company admitted to“Data falsification” in materials provided during the Nuclear Power Plant Restart Review, and decided to continue to stop the relevant review work.
On the 5th, the Central Electric Power Company admitted at an emergency press conference that in order to restart the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, the company had falsified data in the process of being reviewed by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission, the problem focused on the assessment of“Base ground motion” as a prerequisite for the seismic design of the plant. The“Base ground motion” is used to describe the maximum seismic intensity that a nuclear power plant is likely to experience, and is a core indicator in a safety review. The company said it had deliberately underestimated the tremors. The action dates back to 2018, when discussions were focused on moving forward with safety reviews and earthquake assessments to restart bingang’s units 3 and 4.
In response to central electric’s statement, Shimomura, mayor of the city where the plant is located, said that the city had asked the company to make the results of the investigation public after it was completed. At the same time, he pointed out the need to identify the causes of the incidents and, on that basis, to develop a fundamental response to prevent the recurrence of similar problems. Shizuoka Prefecture also responded. Prefecture Governor Yasuyoshi Suzuki that this is a serious damage to the county of central power and nuclear power industry trust in a major incident. In addition to the city of yuqianqi, the surrounding autonomous bodies also require the state to strengthen the management and supervision of the Central Power Company.
Japan’s nuclear problems continue. Also on the 8th, Tokyo electric power company Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant equipment outage occurred. Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that in order to contain the increase in nuclear contaminated water reactor building set up the“Permafrost wall” cooling equipment once stopped running the morning, lasted about two hours. The plant has since been restarted, the company said.
But the public is not buying it. The comment sections of news sites are filled with concerns, and some even suggest that similar problems may be going on, but haven’t been exposed yet.