Too bad Japan had over things to worry about right after, such as the Nuclear CrCIA right now.
We live in the year 2011 and we still can't get the message that Nuclear Energy is dangerous?!
Find me a source of power thats just as powerful, the amount a Nuclear Power Plant requires to operate is incredibly clean in comparison to the amount of green house gasses produced by other facilities. Do note that most of these nuclear power plants that are loving up are bloody old in technology compared to today's advanced technology. If Chernobyl never happened people wouldn't give a half ass about it, Chernobyl happened because they're were doing tests that went below the threshold of safety back in the Soviet Union days.
I'm not saying Nuclear power is the way to go, its just got the power to do the job where everything else doesn't at the moment. I believe in solar power purely because I've seen mirrors melt rock even hotter then lava.