In the process of formulation of the design basis ground motion required for the resumption of the operation of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station, data falsification was uncovered, and the Nuclear Regulation Authority declared the suspension of its review. Until being pressed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority to address this issue, the Company ignored internal whistleblower reports that had been made over several years. Even after the discovery of the falsification, the Company unnecessarily delayed public disclosure and went so far as to mislead shareholders at last year’s shareholders’ meeting. As a result, the Company’s social and scientific credibility has been severely damaged. Moreover, the Company has lost the materials necessary to verify the course of the data falsification. Such course of events disqualifies the Company for the operation of nuclear power plants. Fundamentally, the seismic safety of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station cannot be assured by the design basis ground motion derived from average values. A nuclear power plant, which contains an enormous amount of radioactive material, must be capable of withstanding the most severe conditions. However, retrofitting of the site has already reached its limits, and it would be difficult to meet the requirements even with additional expenditures. To date, more than one trillion yen has already been spent on maintenance and safety measures. Increasing costs therefor have become a heavy burden, and a separate scandal concerning unpaid construction costs resulted in resignation of two executives to take responsibilities for such scandal. The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station should be decommissioned.