Where's the Energy Going to Come From?

If the anti-nuke activists are allowed shut down future nuclear power plants because of the problems in Japan, Glenn Reynolds wonders where the energy will come from:

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE CAUSING antinuclear folks to get frisky. I’d say that members of Congress should take a time-out — and maybe, you know, pass a budget — before they start trying to pass new laws on nukes. They should also explain where the energy is going to come from if we can’t drill for oil, can’t burn coal, can’t dam streams, can’t put windmills where they might spoil a Kennedy’s view, and can’t build nukes. Vague allusions to “green power” don’t count.

And an Instapundit reader makes a good point:

And reader James White comments: “There’s no question the conventional wisdom is this will probably kill nuclear power off for the foreseeable future. The question is, is that true? If we can build containment vessels that hold despite an 8.9 quake, tsunamis, and multiple hydrogen explosions, maybe nukes are the way to go after all.”

If the Japanese plants can be brought under control without a dramatic release of radioactivity, that may be the best argument yet that nuclear power can still be safely controlled even when the world seems to be falling apart.