NAGOYA - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday.

Chairman Satoru Katsuno is expected to follow suit, having already told people close to him that he plans to step down for the scandal, according to the sources.

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