Japan's nuclear crisis triggers look at safety

CANBERRA - Japan's nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima power plant will lead China to adjust its own nuclear program to increase safety, but overall goals will stay unchanged, Beijing's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said on Wednesday.

Since the Japanese earthquake, China has suspended the approval of new nuclear projects pending a nationwide inspection of reactors and construction sites, putting a brake on a boom that began in 2005 when the central government fast-tracked nuclear power expansion.

"I believe this accident will have some impact on the development of nuclear power, not only in China, but also in the rest of the world," Xie told reporters at a climate change conference in the Australian capital Canberra.