BEIJING – China’s vast nuclear push is likely to slow after the government ordered a safety crackdown on Wednesday in the aftermath of Japan’s nuclear crisis. The announcement by the State Council, or cabinet, was the clearest sign yet that the crisis at a quake-ravaged nuclear complex in northeast Japan could affect China’s ambitious nuclear expansion, by far the world’s largest.
But at least one expert said the measures were unlikely to stop China’s expansion of nuclear power. A State Council meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese residents they had nothing to fear about radiation drifting from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant.
