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I have said for ages that in order for the events of Chernobyl to repeat themselves, all that needs to happen is for the cooling system of a power plant to fail and for the reactor to overheat. And I'm really, really hoping for their sake that it hasn't happened - Can you imagine how terrible that would be ontop of an earthquake and tsunami?
Hopefully the superior construction of this power plant compared to the one at Chernobyl means that they can better contain radioactive material. But seriously, this is case and point of why we should stop using nuclear power - Sure, not every country is vulnerable to earthquakes, but does it really need an earthquake for the cooling system and backup generators to fail?
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You come up with a viable alternative to nuclear power that does it's job efficiently (wind mills are bullshit for their money, so is solar at this point) and we'll get on that right away.
What I've been screaming for years is that all countries should be pumping a LOT of extra money into cold fusion research. Hell, if the US had spent the money they used for the Iraq war on cold fusion research we'd have a functional plant right now.