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The international reaction to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has been diverse and widespread. Many inter-governmental agencies responded to the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, often on an ad hoc basis. Responders included International Atomic Energy Agency, World Meteorological Organization and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, which has radiation detection equipment deployed around the world. In September 2011, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said the Japanese nuclear disaster "caused deep public anxiety throughout the world and damaged confidence in nuclear power".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IAEA sees slow nuclear growth post Japan )〕 Many countries have advised their nationals to leave Tokyo, citing the risk associated with the nuclear plants' ongoing accident. It is reported that it make take years or decades to completely clean up the area. Nonetheless, estimates of radioactivity leakage into the Pacific Ocean remain modest with ''National Geographic'' reporting the leakage of approximately 0.3 Tbq per month of both 137Cs and 134Cs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fukushima's Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know )〕 0.3 TBq is equal to 1/40th of the natural radiation in one km3 of seawater and 1/50000000000th of the total natural radioactivity in the oceans. Following the Fukushima I accidents, ''The Economist'' reported that the International Energy Agency halved its estimate of additional nuclear generating capacity to be built by 2035. Germany accelerated plans to close all of its old nuclear power reactors and to phase the rest out entirely by 2022. The policy is controversial 〔http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/wind-power-investments-in-germany-proving-riskier-than-thought-a-946367.html〕 leading to electricity twice the price of that in neighbouring France. Der Spiegel reported that German Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel admitted that "exiting nuclear and coal-fired power generation at the same time would not be possible".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Germany says can't exit coal-fired energy at same time as nuclear )〕 In Italy there was a national referendum, in which 94 percent voted against the governments plan to build new nuclear power plants. Elsewhere in the world, nuclear power continues to be discussed in Malaysia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuklear malaysia )〕 and plans are well-advanced in the United Arab Emirates,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear Power in the United Arab Emirates )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear Abu Dhabi )〕 Jordan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear Power in Jordan )〕 and Bangladesh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear Power in Bangladesh )〕 China briefly paused its nuclear development program, but has since restarted it. China plans to treble its nuclear capacity to at least 58 GWe by 2020, then some 150 GWe by 2030, and much more by 2050.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuclear Power in China )〕 At the same time, new nuclear projects are going ahead in some countries. Despite the uncertain economics, almost alone in Western Europe, the United Kingdom is still planning a major nuclear expansion. So is Russia. Despite massive protests, India is also pressing ahead with a large nuclear programme, as is South Korea. ==Nuclear industry== According to Areva's Southeast Asia and Oceania director, Selena Ng, Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster is "a huge wake-up call for a nuclear industry that hasn't always been sufficiently transparent about safety issues". She said "There was a sort of complacency before Fukushima and I don't think we can afford to have that complacency now". In September 2011, German engineering giant Siemens announced it will withdraw entirely from the nuclear industry, as a response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, and said that it would no longer build nuclear power plants anywhere in the world. The company’s chairman, Peter Löscher, said that "Siemens was ending plans to cooperate with Rosatom, the Russian state-controlled nuclear power company, in the construction of dozens of nuclear plants throughout Russia over the coming two decades". Siemens is to boost its work in the renewable energy sector.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Siemens to Exit Nuclear Energy Business )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International reactions to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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