Experts commissioned by nuclear watchdog fail to report ¥40 million in funding 安全基準に関する専門家：原発企業からの研究資金や寄付金を報告せず

(Source) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/09/national/experts-commissioned-by-nuclear-watchdog-fail-to-report-%C2%A540-million-in-funding/#.UoE3r3Bwo7p
At least 10 university experts commissioned by the Nuclear Regulation Authority to discuss safety rules failed to report over ¥40 million they received in donations and research funding from the atomic energy industry, sources said Saturday.

They received the undeclared money from power companies, nuclear plant makers and other related entities and had not declared this total as of late October, according to documents reviewed by Jiji Press based on the information disclosure law.
The NRA commissions experts to discuss nuclear safety standards and other regulations, and asks them to disclose the amount of money provided to them since fiscal 2009. The industry watchdog does not verify reports of such funds.
Of the experts who failed to report part of the funding they received, five took part in discussions about new safety measures, two participated in talks on regulatory systems and another two attended meetings on the Fukushima disaster.
According to materials provided by universities to which they belong, Yutaka Abe, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, had the highest unreported amount, at around ¥13.14 million.
That sum consisted of ¥2 million in donations from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., ¥3 million in research funding from Tokyo Electric Power Co. and ¥8.15 million in donations and research funding from JFE Engineering Corp., which makes coolant water storage facilities for nuclear plants.
Yosuke Katsumura, a professor at the University of Tokyo who was a member of a panel on seawater inflows for reactor 5 of Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka plant, ranked second with ¥9.98 million.
The amount he received comprised ¥700,000 in donations from Hitachi Ltd., ¥3 million in research funding from Mitsubishi Heavy and ¥6.28 million in similar funding from the Central Research Institute of Electric Industry, a body set up by power companies.
In an interview, Abe said, “I think I reported only what fell under the categories set by the regulation authority.” Katsumura claimed he failed to report some of the funding because it slipped his mind.

少なくとも10人の規制委員会と安全基準を検討する大学の専門家たちが、原発企業からの研究資金や寄付など、総額40億円の報告を隠蔽していた。

報告せずにいた専門家のうち5人は、新しい安全基準についての話し合いに参加、二人は規制システムについての話し合い、残りの二人は、福島事故についての会合に参加していた。

ある大学の報告書によると、筑波大学の阿部豊氏は見届けの寄付金・研究資金のうち最高の13.14億円は、筑波大学の阿部豊氏で、インタビューで、次のように答えている。“規制委員会の規則によって、該当するカテゴリーのみを、報告していた。”　　東京大学の勝村庸介氏は、報告しなかった分については、”つい忘れてしまった”と答えている。

Prof. Abe

 

Prof. Katsumura