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Chubu Electric Withdraws Safety Review to Restart Hamaoka Units
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Story summary
- Chubu Electric Power withdrew its safety review application to restart Units 3 and 4 at Hamaoka plant.
- President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno announced their resignations over the safety-data falsification scandal.
- Chubu Electric’s shares dropped up to 4.2 percent after the withdrawal was disclosed.
- A group-sales subsidiary overcharged customers about ¥1.2 billion across roughly 5 million contracts.
- Tampering was found in decommissioning cost documents for Units 1 and 2 in August 2026.