What happens when you are heavily dependent on nuclear power and it causes another disaster?

Either your fossil fuel use shoots up and the issue of energy security is thrust into the center of your daily life or you live in constant fear of another such catastrophe and hope the wind saves you by blowing in the other direction...

Japan's nuclear power to fall to 18.5% of capacity as Takahama closes

Tokyo (Platts)--25Nov2011/528 am EST/1028 GMT

Only 10 nuclear reactors with a combined power generation capacity of 9.038 GW will be operating in Japan Saturday, represents just 18.5% of the country's total installed capacity of 48.96 GW at 54 reactors, according to calculations by Platts Friday.

Kansai Electric is scheduled to shut the 826 GW No. 2 reactor at its Takahama nuclear power plant in western Japan in late Friday.

Japan is about to enter its winter power demand season, which normally runs from December to March. The weather and nuclear utilization rates have a direct impact on crude, fuel oil and LNG consumption for thermal power generation.

Japanese power utilities have hiked their oil and LNG consumption to make up for shortfalls in nuclear output in the wake of the devastating March 11 earthquake, and subsequent nuclear outages across the country due to safety concerns...

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/8626131

visited it a little before the tragedy, and he fell in love with Japan. I also worry about contamination in the rest of the world as a result of this.

The good thing is that the Japanese are an incredibly resourceful, smart people. I hope the best happens.

But the hallmark trait of the culture is their ability to rebuild after disasters. If the situation had not included multiple meltdowns at the nuclear facility, they would probably already have the NE region back to a state of near normalcy; as it is, however, the entire country is going to spend 15 years restructuring their energy supply and decades more coping with the follow-on effects of the contamination.

They will come through it though.

"How should we deal with the risk that nuclear power might cause our country to perish?"
-Naoto Kan Sept 201
Prime MInister of Japan During Fukushima Multiple Meltdowns