The true effects of Chernobyl were unseen for many years. I think there are too many unknowns about what has occurred in Japan. The real effects will be realized only when the disaster can be assessed which is impossible at this time because it isn't over. It is still happening, so it could be even worse being that we have never faced this exact situation before. 

Yeah, it would be easy to give up and think it impossible to reject nuclear energy completely. How lazy that is. We just need to support the right entities. It IS possible to make the switch to wind and solar power if only people would insist upon it and stop thinking it is out of reach. It is only as out of reach as WE decide it is.