Anti-nuclear protestors

The earthquake in Japan is bound to renew calls for bans of peaceful nuclear energy production, despite the fact that no one in Western Europe, no one in the United States, and no one Japan has ever has ever died as a result of nuclear energy production while coal-fired power plants have killed tens of thousands due to asthma and other breathing-related illnesses.

Nuke Waste Drums Tipped in Japan Quake
ABC News

A powerful earthquake tipped over barrels of nuclear waste at a power plant and officials on Tuesday were investigating whether there were any radioactive levels a day after they said the quake had caused the reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea.

The death toll stood at nine a day after the 6.6-magnitude quake. One person was missing and another 13,000 were homeless, as rescue workers rushed to locate any survivors in the rubble amid fears of landslides.

The quake had caused a leak of water with radioactive material Monday at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's largest in terms of electricity output, although officials said that leak caused no harm to the environment.