August 2, 2013
Hokkaido authorities have decided to review their standards for choosing nuclear safety inspectors after Japanese Communist Party member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly Mashita Noriko demanded that persons tainted with accepting nuclear-related funds be ineligible to be nuclear safety inspectors.
Muto Akemi in the Saga Prefectural Assembly also took up the same issue calling into question the fact that researchers, who are supposed to objectively assess the results of radiological investigations and determine whether safety is ensured at nuclear power plants (NPPs), had received favors from nuclear-related institutions.
Akahata on August 1 revealed that ten researchers had accepted at least 68 million yen in total between 2006 and 2011 from power companies and several nuclear-related organizations.
Shimazu Yoichiro, a specially-appointed professor at the Fukui University-affiliated institution, who is in position to judge the safety of the Tomari NPP in Hokkaido, received 5.5 million yen in contributions from such firms as Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.
A total of 21.3 million yen from nuclear-related entities went to six inspectors of the Oi and Takahama NPPs in Fukui Prefecture. Yamamoto Akio, a graduate school professor at Nagoya University, earned more than 7.5 million yen in remuneration from corporations, including Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. He also accepted at least 21.84 million yen in research commissions from five companies, including a TEPCO subsidiary.
Narabayashi Tadasi, a graduate school professor at Hokkaido University, who inspects the safety of the Ikata NPP in Ehime Prefecture, received two million yen from the Japan Atomic Power Company and Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. He undertakes joint studies with such companies as TEPCO.
Unesaki Hironobu, a professor at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, who also checks the safety of the Ikata NPP, received a total of 1.8 million yen from Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.-related entities.
Idemitsu Kazuya, a professor at Kyushu University examining the Genkai NPP, accepted two million yen from Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
Muto Akemi in the Saga Prefectural Assembly also took up the same issue calling into question the fact that researchers, who are supposed to objectively assess the results of radiological investigations and determine whether safety is ensured at nuclear power plants (NPPs), had received favors from nuclear-related institutions.
Akahata on August 1 revealed that ten researchers had accepted at least 68 million yen in total between 2006 and 2011 from power companies and several nuclear-related organizations.
Shimazu Yoichiro, a specially-appointed professor at the Fukui University-affiliated institution, who is in position to judge the safety of the Tomari NPP in Hokkaido, received 5.5 million yen in contributions from such firms as Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.
A total of 21.3 million yen from nuclear-related entities went to six inspectors of the Oi and Takahama NPPs in Fukui Prefecture. Yamamoto Akio, a graduate school professor at Nagoya University, earned more than 7.5 million yen in remuneration from corporations, including Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. He also accepted at least 21.84 million yen in research commissions from five companies, including a TEPCO subsidiary.
Narabayashi Tadasi, a graduate school professor at Hokkaido University, who inspects the safety of the Ikata NPP in Ehime Prefecture, received two million yen from the Japan Atomic Power Company and Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. He undertakes joint studies with such companies as TEPCO.
Unesaki Hironobu, a professor at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, who also checks the safety of the Ikata NPP, received a total of 1.8 million yen from Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.-related entities.
Idemitsu Kazuya, a professor at Kyushu University examining the Genkai NPP, accepted two million yen from Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
