Japan’s Chubu ​Electric Power said its president and chairman will resign after it falsified data to facilitate ‌the restart of its Hamaoka nuclear power station, and that it will withdraw its application to bring two reactors at the site back online.

A report by a third-party committee found Chubu had cherry-picked seismic wave data to ensure the data fell within the company’s ​internal parameters, and that it had failed to take appropriate action despite two internal reports of ​irregularities.

The report also said senior management had pressured staff to restart the reactors as ⁠soon as possible, and that the utility had dismissed criticism.