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Article

30 Jul 2011

Author:
Kazuaki Nagata, Japan Times

Utility says NISA sought 'plants' to talk up MOX bid

Chubu Electric Power Co. said Friday it was asked by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to set up supportive or neutral questions from the audience at a 2007 symposium about a plan to use a controversial fuel mix at the Hamaoka nuclear plant...Although the utility drafted the questions, it eventually decided not to set up someone to ask the planted questions...The attempted setup by NISA was indicated in a report that Chubu Electric submitted to METI...The order [from METI] came down after it was recently revealed that Kyushu Electric Power Co. engaged in this kind of deception...Kyushu Electric asked employees of its partner firms to send email to support the restart of some of the Genkai nuclear reactors in Saga Prefecture during a government-hosted explanatory session aired on TV last month....