Well, the situation in Japan has captured the world's attention,
but especially that of nuclear power companies trying to stave off similar disasters in the future.
Well, I visited one of Taiwan's nuclear plants for a firsthand look at their proactive approach.
A large earthquake has just hit, and the workers at this nuclear power plant are dealing with a crisis.
They've lost power and the backup diesel generators.
Then the unimaginable happens -- a tsunami surges into the plant.
It's called the Fukushima scenario,
an emergency training drill inside simulators at all three of Taiwan's nuclear plants,
recreating those terrifying events on March 11.
Taiwan experiences hundreds of earthquakes every year.
A 6.8-magnitude quake in 2002
sent this crane plummeting from Taiwan's tallest building under construction.
Despite this seismic activity, Taiwan is dependent on nuclear power.
Its three plants, with a fourth being built, supply almost 20 percent of Taiwan's energy.
But in the wake of Fukushima,
many believe the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan could just as easily happen here.
And the fallout would be catastrophic.
In northern Taiwan, within [an] 80-kilometer radius, it contribute[s] to 70 to 80 percent of Taiwan's total economy.
So if it happens, the nuclear accident happen[s], Taiwan will be ruined.
After years of supporting Taiwan's nuclear industry, people are now scared.
Thousands took to the streets calling for an end to nuclear power.
A much larger rally is being planned for the end of the month.
With anti-nuclear sentiment growing,
government-run Taipower has announced it will carry out safety reviews and upgrades at all reactors,
and will delay the opening of the fourth plant.
CNN was given a rare tour of the Kuosheng nuclear plant, an hour's drive from the capital.
We were escorted by police into the restricted area that houses the spent fuel rod pool.
Almost four and a half thousand spent fuel rods are kept under the water.
The pool is currently at 85 percent capacity, and every 18 months,
180 rods are removed and sent to a reprocessing plant.
It was these pools at Fukushima that ran out of water,
exposing the rods and releasing radioactive material.
Taipower believes that wouldn't happen here,
as they have extra diesel generators, gas turbines and mobile energy sources
that could provide power to the reactor's vital cooling systems during a station blackout.
One of the key differences here in Taiwan is that all their nuclear power plants have reservoirs.
Well, this means in an emergency, they can flood the core reactor with water,
effectively abandoning the plant and avoiding a disaster like Fukushima.
In case there's something similar to Fukushima Daiichi accident, then I think we can handle that.
But for the people who live nearby, those reassurances offer little comfort.
"We have to find an alternative source of energy," says Kwan Ching-chun .
"If what happened in Japan happened here, people would not be able to escape."
As their colleagues in Japan work tirelessly to contain the nuclear fallout,
these men back in the control room know only too well the huge responsibility resting on their shoulders.