Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has said its secretariat will carry out an onsite inspection at Chubu Electric Power over the company’s fabrication of data regarding earthquake risks at its Hamaoka nuclear power station.
The inspection is expected to target Chubu Electric’s headquarters in Nagoya, the capital of Aichi prefecture to the west of Tokyo.
Reports in Japan said the power station itself, about 200 km west of Tokyo in Shizuoka prefecture, might be subject to an investigation.
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