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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

OMAEZAKI, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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[Breaking News]Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.(Kyodo)

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Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.

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Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.

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Chubu Electric Power headquarters

Photo taken March 30, 2023, shows the headquarters of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Site for new turbine buildings for Nishi Nagoya power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - The planned construction site for turbine buildings of Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Nishi Nagoya Thermal Power Station Group No. 7 is seen in Tobishima Village, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014. The construction is part of a project to refurbish the power station to replace the existing units with LNG-fueled, more efficient Group No. 7.

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Groundbreaking ceremony at Nishi Nagoya thermal plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., speaks after the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nishi Nagoya Thermal Power Station Group No. 7 in Tobishima Village, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014.

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Hydroelectric power unit under construction

NAGOYA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. unveils to the press the construction site of Tokuyama hydroelectric power station's unit 1 in the town of Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014.

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Hamaoka nuke power plant transformer unveiled

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press a main electrical transformer at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, during work to decommission two of its five light-water reactors.

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Hamaoka nuke power plant reactors shown to press

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press two reactor buildings at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, as work is in progress to decommission the light-water reactors.

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Tanks set to be removed from Hamaoka nuke power plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press two chemical tanks near one of two reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, ahead of their removal as part of work to decommission the light-water reactors.

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TEPCO to tie up with Chubu Electric on thermal power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., hold a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 7, 2014. The utilities reached a basic agreement the same day on a tie-up to strengthen thermal power generation.

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TEPCO to tie up with Chubu Electric on thermal power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., shake hands after a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 7, 2014. The utilities reached a basic agreement the same day on a tie-up to strengthen thermal power generation.

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Disaster drill held at Chubu Electric Power's nuke plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. holds a disaster drill at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 4, 2014, on the assumption that its cooling function has been lost due to tsunami caused by a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan.

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Filter installed for nuke reactor at atomic power plant

MATSUE, Japan - Work is under way to install a filter inside ventilating equipment for the No. 2 reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 28, 2014.

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Refurbishing West Nagoya power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the construction site to refurbish the West Nagoya thermal power plant in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on July 15, 2014, to the press.

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Joetsu Thermal Power Station in Niigata Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a power generating facility at the Joetsu Thermal Power Station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, on June 10, 2014. Chubu Electric Power Co.'s power station, built near the Sea of Japan coast in case of a disaster on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan, has recently started general operations.

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Disaster-relief drills held at Hamaoka power plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. employees build a makeshift utility pole at the company's Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, as part of a disaster-relief drill in anticipation of a potential massive earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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Chubu Electric seeks to restart Hamaoka nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Sakaguchi (R), vice president of Chubu Electric Power Co., hands applications to an official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2014, for a state safety assessment of one of its reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant. The plant in central Japan was forced to shut down in 2011 as the previous government viewed operation of the complex as too risky.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in May 2013 shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - A ship carrying a cargo of high-level radioactive waste, produced through reprocessing of spent Japanese nuclear fuel in Britain, arrives at a port in Aomori Prefecture for storage on Feb. 27, 2013. The waste, produced from fuel used at plants operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co., will be stored at a facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in the village of Rokkasho in the prefecture.

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Chubu Electric to start solar power project in Thailand

NAGOYA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Akihisa Mizuno speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 26, 2013, about the company's solar power generation project in Thailand, its first overseas solar power generation project.

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Shizuoka assembly votes down nuclear referendum bills

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2012 shows the plenary session of the Shizuoka prefectural assembly that voted down a revised bill calling for a referendum on whether to restart Chubu Electric Power Co.'s suspended Hamaoka nuclear power station. The original bill was tabled and voted down even after a civic group collected more than 160,000 signatures from people in the prefecture.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a seawall under construction 18 meters above sea level at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 9, 2012.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. A seawall 18 meters above sea level is under construction to prepare for a possible tsunami.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - A Chubu Electric Power Co. official explains about a plan to build a seawall along the shore of the site of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2012, in front of a steel structure built to demonstrate the height of the planned seawall.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows the Hamaoka nuclear power station operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Mega solar power plant in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows ''Mega Solar Taketoyo,'' a 7,500-kilowatt solar power plant of Chubu Electric Power Co. in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, as the facility began commercial operation on Oct. 31, 2011.

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Chubu Electric, Hitachi settle over power plant accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Shuichi Terada, head of Chubu Electric Power Co.'s legal department, announces at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 6, 2011, that the utility has reached a settlement with Hitachi Ltd. over a 2006 accident at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture involving a Hitachi-made turbine. Hitachi will pay 9 billion yen to Chubu Electric.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Kaminoseki promotes nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2011, shows Nagashima Island (front), the planned site for Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Station, in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, with Iwaishima Island visible in the distance.

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Agency sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Terasaka (R), head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2011. Chubu Electric Power Co. said the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency asked the utility to have local residents pitch questions favoring the firm's pluthermal nuclear power generation project at a symposium in 2007. Other utilities also said similar attempts were made by the agency when public meetings on nuclear power generation were held.

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Agency sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Terasaka, head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2011. Chubu Electric Power Co. said the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency asked the utility to have local residents pitch questions favoring the firm's pluthermal nuclear power generation project at a symposium in 2007. Other utilities also said similar attempts were made by the agency when public meetings on nuclear power generation were held.

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Chubu Electric asks for support to restart Hamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Akihisa Mizuno (R) submits a request to industry minister Banri Kaieda at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on July 4, 2011, asking for the ministry to support the utility's efforts for an early resumption of operations at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, which was shut down at the government's request for safety reasons in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Suit filed to seek decommissioning of Hamaoka reactors

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs carrying banners calling for an end to nuclear power walk to the Shizuoka District Court in the city of Shizuoka on July 1, 2011, to file a lawsuit seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the prefecture. Located in a major active fault zone, Chubu Electric Power Co. suspended the plant's Nos. 3 to 5 reactors in May at the request of the central government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Hamaoka plant were deactivated in 2008 for decommissioning.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 13, 2011, shows Hamaoka nuclear power plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. Located on a major active fault zone, the plant has been suspended since May at the request of the central government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 13, 2011, shows Hamaoka nuclear power plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. Located on a major active fault zone, the plant has been suspended since May at the request of the central government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo taken May 26, 2011, shows the spent fuel pool inside of the building housing the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - People are seen inside the turbine building of the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 26, 2011. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - People are seen inside the central control room of the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

NAGOYA, Japan - A display in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan, at 10:23 a.m. on May 14, 2011, indicates output of the No. 5 reactor (H5) at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture falling to zero. The No. 3 unit has already been suspended for regular checkups and the No.4 unit was halted the previous day following a request by the government to suspend the whole plant as a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Pref.

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011. The operator Chubu Electric Power Co. shut down the power plant the following day at the request of the government which is a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line. The utility hopes to resume the plant soon after taking measures to block possible tsunami waves.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station along the Pacific coast in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011. The operator Chubu Electric Power Co. halted the No. 4 reactor the same day as it prepares to shut down the whole plant at the government's request. The move is a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region.