Regarding the event that the Japan Power Engineering and Inspection
Corporation (hereinafter, "JAPEIC") did not handle a part of the welding
company inspection*1 appropriately in replacing the secondary piping
system of Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 of the Kyushu Electric Power
Company, we have received the document*2 titled "Regarding the event that
the part of the welding company inspection has not been conducted
(Remainder and direction)" from NISA today.
                               [Previously announced on December 22, 2012]

In accordance with the direction, we investigated the items that have not
been conducted, concerning the welding company inspectionｓ of which
JAPEIC conducted as the subcontractor in the past, and reported to NISA
today.

As a result of our investigation, there was no welding company inspection
implemented by JAPEIC as a subcontractor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station. At Fukushima Daini Nuclear power station and Kahiwazaki-
Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, we confirmed that there was no item that had
not been conducted in the welding company inspections conducted by JAPEIC.

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<Attachment>
Results of investigation on the status of conduct of welding company
inspections (Report)(PDF 24.7KB)

*The aforementioned attachment is only available in Japanese. We apologize 
 for any inconvenience this may cause.

*1 Welding company inspection
The company inspection for the welding defined in the Article 52 of the
Electricity Business Act, to meet the technical standards established by
METI by the Article 39 Paragraph 1 of the Act, and to be conducted before
starting operation.

*2 Document
"Regarding the event that the part of the welding company inspection has
not been conducted (Remainder and direction)"
                                            (NISA No.6, December 22, 2011)

[We have provided a Japanese press release version of the instruction
document received from NISA. However, at this time we have reserved the
right to not provide an English version due to potential misunderstandings
that may arise from an inaccurate rendering of the original Japanese text.
We may provide the English translation that NISA releases in our press
releases. However, in principle we would advise you to visit the NISA
website for timely and accurate information.]