Chubu Electric leaders reportedly set to quit over nuclear safety-data falsification

Sunday, September 13, 2026 · 6:05 AM UTC

Chubu Electric Power's top two executives are set to step down over falsified safety data used in regulatory reviews, according to local media cited by Bloomberg. The reviews concern restarting some of the company's nuclear reactors. The reported resignations follow the data issue rather than a stated reactor-restart decision.

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