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Lessons Learned from
the TEPC O Nuclear Power Scandal
Hiroyuki KurodaM anager
Corporate Communications Dept.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPC O)
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Sum m a ry of a Series of Cases of Misconduct
July 2000: MITI asked TEPC O to inquire inappropriate handling of maintenance records and reports
M ay 2002: GE informed TEPC O that inspection records might also have been inappropriately handled
June 2002: TEPC O set Internal Investigative Com mittee and checked 29 cases by GE btw 1986 and 2001
TEPC O found 16 cases of misconduct and reported to NISA
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P C V Leakage Tests
Sep. 2002: A newspaper reported inappropriate conduct of leak test in PC V in Unit 1 in Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
A investigation team of external lawyers formed by TEPC O found inappropriate actions during the leak test in 1991 and 1992.
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Background to Cases of Misconduct (1)
Deficiencies in fitness for service
-technical standards were established on an ‘as-constructed’basis
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Background to Cases of Misconduct (2)
Nuclear engineers’over-confidence of their nuclear knowledge
- The engineers’conservative mentalityto avoid reporting problems to the national government as long as theybelieved that safety was secured
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Internal Factors Resulting in Misconduct
Problems in Quality Assurance System
Problems in Observance of the Code of Ethics and Corporate Culture
Inadequacy of Safety Culture
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Consequences of Misconduct
Damaged public trust toward TEPC O
Forced to shut down 17 nuclear reactorsfor safety inspection
Possibility of power shortage in sum m er2003
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To Prevent Similar Incidents (1)
“Create a mechanism that does not permitpeople to perform any dishonest act, and create a culture that encourages people torefrain from performing any dishonestact.”
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To Prevent Similar Incidents (2)
Improvement in the Quality AssuranceSystem
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To Prevent Similar Incidents (3)
TEPCO set up internal audit function
-the Nuclear Quality M anagement Department
-the Nuclear Safety and Quality Assurance Conference
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To Prevent Similar Incidents (4)
Strict Observance of the Code of Ethicsand Reforms in Corporate Culture
-formed Business Ethics Task Force for compliance-rewrote the Corporate Code of Conduct
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To Regain Public Trust (1)
Set up local liaison meetings around NPS
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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa N P SMeetings:held once a month since M ay 2003M e m bers:opinion leaders, anti-nuclear activist, etc.Secretariat:Kashiwazaki CityOfficial website:http://www.tiikinokai.jp/ (only in Japanese)
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To Regain Public Trust (2)
Three ProgramsThorough enforcement of safety management
Boosting of com m unications with cooperating companies
Thorough disclosure of information
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Thorough disclosure of inform a tion
Improved the disclosure standard of nuclear incidents in TEPC O (November 2003)
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Disclosure on the website (1)On the TEPC O W ebsite:w w w.tepco.co.jp (in Japanese)-topics, nuclear data, press releases, etc- New content On demand video titled “I work at a NPS”
English version: ww w.tepco.co.jp/en/will be relaunched on M arch 27, 2004. It will have topics, nuclear update and press releases
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Disclosure on the website (2)On the website of nuclear power stations:w w w.tepco.co.jp/fukushima1-np/ww w.tepco.co.jp/fukushima2-np/ww w.tepco.co.jp/kk-np (all only in Japanese)
- operation status-radiation data on real time base- activities with local community- press release - minor troubles
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Lessons Learned from the Scandal (1)
Share nuclear information (evenminor information) with stakeholders
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Share nuclear information with stakeholders
Local governments(prefecture, city, village)
Local Com m unity
M edia
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Lessons Learned from the Scandal (2)
More communication with local community
The voice of local residents
Local activitiesParticipat e i n
Li st en