“So then, the fact that it is a nuclear power plant is totally irrelevant. “
Not really. Some of us realize that power outtages caused 3 nuclear melt -throughs (Fukushima) leaving the radioactive fuel for those 3 power plants washing into the air, ocean and ground water for the rest of our lives. I know nuclear power is protected by the government and the public doesn’t get much information at all so I think it’s ok to at least put in print that it lost power.
Here's some information: only morons fail to understand there's a difference between "losing power" and shutting down in accordance with established procedures.
Does your car "lose power" when you turn it off in your driveway? Sure it does, but that's a different story than if it should do that while you're on your way to see your psychiatrist.
No, it didn’t “lose” power. It had plenty of power. Just no means to send it anywhere. Business and homes lost power. The plant just shutdown to avoid a buildup of energy it couldn’t send anywhere.
If the Japanese had heeded warnings and not built the plant where they did and also not built a sea wall that was too low in a known tsunami area and had water tanks that used gravity instead of pumps they would not be in the situation they are in now.