Another day, another voice of reason explaining, very patiently, that Fukushima is not Chernobyl and never will be. This time, some ideas about what will be the follow-up are included. Japan doesn't love nuclear power. Japan requires nuclear power if it is to maintain any sort of real independence as a nation. If a giant natural disaster is what it takes to get fully modern reactor designs into production, well, I'd definitely count that as a silver lining.

On the other hand, this Slashdot comment seems to provide the, well, "other hand" interpretation.