The agency tasked with regulating nuclear energy hoped to manipulate public opinion at a 2007 symposium on pluthermal generation at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co.
Chubu Electric officials, at a news conference July 29, said the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) asked the utility to round up participants willing to comment favorably on nuclear energy at the August 2007 symposium. Ultimately Chubu Electric nixed the request.
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