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News Japan » Chubu » People: Chubu Electric data scandal clouds Japan’s nuclear plans

News channel or source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16889233
Published on: Tuesday 15 September 2026

The earthquake data falsification scandal involving Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant casts a long shadow over the government’s scenario for a return to nuclear power. Against a ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan's Chubu Electric says president to resign, halts nuclear reactor restart over scandal

News channel or source: https://seekingalpha.com/news/4642486-japans-chubu-electric-says-president-to-resign-halts-nuclear-reactor-restart-over-scandal
Published on: Monday 14 September 2026

Japan's Chubu Electric Power (CHUEF) said its president and chairman will resign after the company falsified data to facilitate ‌the restart of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, and that it will ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Execs at Japan's Chubu Electric step down over data manipulation

News channel or source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/09/14/japan-chubu-electric-power-president-resigns/1231789397980/
Published on: Monday 14 September 2026

Sept. 14 (UPI) --The president and chairman of Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co. resigned Monday after an investigative report showed the company repeatedly manipulated seismic data to move forward ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan's Chubu Electric buys into Dutch offshore wind farm

News channel or source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/japans-chubu-electric-buys-into-dutch-offshore-wind-farm
Published on: Thursday 01 February 2024

TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co Inc 9502.T has agreed to buy a 30% stake in Ecowende C.V., which is developing an offshore wind farm in Netherlands, in its first direct ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan’s Chubu, BP eye CO2 storage in Indonesia

News channel or source: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-insights/latest-market-news/2488239-japan-s-chubu-bp-eye-co2-storage-in-indonesia
Published on: Monday 11 September 2023

Japanese power utility Chubu Electric Power and BP have joint forces to explore the possibility of developing a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Japan and Indonesia. The main ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan’s Chubu Electric bosses resign over quake data-tampering scandal

News channel or source: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3367418/japans-chubu-electric-bosses-resign-over-quake-data-tampering-scandal
Published on: Monday 14 September 2026

Two top executives at Japanese nuclear plant operator Chubu Electric Power would step down following a quake data-tampering scandal, the company said in a statement on Monday. President Kingo Hayashi ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan’s Chubu eyes exporting CO2 to Australia for CCS

News channel or source: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-insights/latest-market-news/2620110-japan-s-chubu-eyes-exporting-co2-to-australia-for-ccs
Published on: Sunday 20 October 2024

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power is considering exporting CO2 to Australia for carbon capture and storage (CCS), as it accelerates efforts to decarbonise industries surrounding Nagoya port in ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan's Chubu Electric releases data-tampering report

News channel or source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/news/20260914de50107/
Published on: Sunday 13 September 2026

Chubu Electric Power Company released a report on Monday on the scandal of falsified earthquake-risk data for its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. The report, which has more than 250 ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan’s Chubu Electric Halts Plans for Nuclear Restart

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/japan-s-chubu-electric-halts-plans-for-nuclear-reactor-restart
Published on: Sunday 13 September 2026

Chubu Electric Power Co. halted plans to restart an atomic power plant in central Japan after an independent committee ruled the company acted inappropriately when submitting earthquake-safety data.

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan's Chubu Electric to buy stake in NuScale Power from JBIC

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/japans-chubu-electric-buy-stake-nuscale-power-jbic-2023-09-07/
Published on: Wednesday 06 September 2023

TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Chubu Electric Power (9502.T), opens new tab said on Thursday it will buy a stake in U.S. NuScale Power (SMR.N), opens new tab from the Japan Bank for International ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Hitachi to supply Japan's first SF6-free 300 kV circuit-breakers to Chubu Electric Power Grid

News channel or source: https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hitachi-supply-japans-first-sf6-free-300-kv-circuit-breakers-chubu-electric-power
Published on: Sunday 08 December 2024

TOKYO, Dec 9, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - - Hitachi, Ltd. announced today that it received an order for five units of Hitachi Energy's sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free EconiQ 300 kilovolt (kV) ...

News Japan » Chubu » People: Japan’s Chubu Electric to Invest in US Nuclear Firm NuScale

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/japan-s-chubu-electric-to-invest-in-us-nuclear-firm-nuscale
Published on: Wednesday 06 September 2023

Chubu Electric Power Co. agreed to invest in US nuclear technology company NuScale Power Corp., as the Japanese utility follows the government’s lead in making greater use of atomic power. Chubu has ...