1. The nuclear crisis in Japan has sparked global concern about the safety of nuclear power plants and the plans to construct new atomic facilities.

2. Chinese officials have stated that they will draw lessons from the events in Japan, yet they have also emphasized that the pace of their country's nuclear power industry expansion will not be altered. China is rapidly increasing its nuclear energy capacity.

3. Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has acknowledged that it is too soon to determine the impact the Japan disaster will have on the nuclear industry. He stated, "In my view, this is not an accident due to design flaws or human error. This is an accident caused by a natural disaster."