Effect of the Fukushima accident to Europe and the United States; The United States and France firmly keep nuclear power generation and Germany decided to gradually exit; International organizations promote sharing of information and lessons from Fukushima

Kitamura, Takafumi; Hanai, Tasuku; Sato, Ikken 

Japan is a country far away from Europe and the US. The news of the accident occurred in this country was immediately reached to countries throughout the world and the image of the explosion was repeated on TV screens. This accident aroused various discussions on nuclear policy. The responses of countries divided with the US and France maintaining the stance of promoting nuclear power and Germany and Italy clarifying its policy to withdraw from nuclear energy. This report provides information on the responses to the accident taken by the US and other states.