Japanese nuclear plant operator may have misused quake data for restart

The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan said Monday its employees may have used cherry-picked data for a potential earthquake in quake-resistance tests at the plant to pass the regulatory screening for restart.The Nuclear Regulation Authority said the same day it found "wrongdoing" by Chubu Electric Power Co. in the screening process and halted the review.The incident is a major setback for the Japanese government. Concerns over the safety of nuclear power plants grew strong in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.But the government is pushing ahead with the resumpti…READ FULL ARTICLE