Overview
- Five staff from the NRA secretariat entered Chubu Electric’s Nagoya headquarters on Jan. 26 to review records and question employees.
- Inspectors ordered lists of relevant departments and personnel and warned that obstruction or false statements carry penalties.
- The inquiry may extend to external contractors that performed seismic motion calculations and is expected to take months to a year.
- The safety review for Hamaoka Units 3 and 4 remains suspended since December pending assessment of safety impact and organizational involvement.
- Chubu Electric’s nuclear chief Tetsuya Toyoda apologized and pledged a company‑wide response as experts note the site’s high seismic risk near the Nankai Trough.