- Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power used manipulated data to mislead regulators assessing reactor restart safety.
- The company's president apologized for the inappropriate conduct, which involved minimizing the potential earthquake impact on the Hamaoka plant.
- Nuclear regulators have suspended the reactor restart evaluation, and an independent panel will investigate the data manipulation.

A: Hey Sakura! Did you hear about something crazy happening with Chubu Electric?

B: No, what’s up? Another earthquake scare?

A: Not exactly! It’s about their nuclear power plant in Shizuoka. They messed up big time.

B: Seriously? How?

A: They were trying to get permission to restart some reactors, right? But they gave the nuclear watchdog wrong data!

B: Wow! That's not good. What kind of data?

A: They said the potential earthquake jolts were smaller than they really were. Like, they chose the numbers that looked better.

B: Cherry-picked data? That's… dishonest. Did anyone get in trouble?

A: Yeah! The president gave a news conference. He's super sorry. Two executives already quit!

B: That’s a pretty big deal. So, the restart is on hold now?

A: Yep! The nuclear watchdog paused the evaluation. They’re going to have an independent group look into what happened.

B: Sounds like a real mess. Hopefully, they’re going to be more careful now.

A: Definitely! It’s important to be honest about safety, right?