They should have had priority access to helicopters and backup batteries.
They withstood a gigantic earthquake IMMEDIATELY followed by a huge tsunami, and ALMOST survived it, intact.
This would have been huge boost to nuclear power, if only they had more backup batteries.
And maybe not putting it right next to a tsunami flood zone would have been a good idea too
Lessons learned. Newer designs will have emergency generators above ground, easier access for plug’n’play external emergency power, contingency plans for providing extra diesel fuel and battery packs, and likely will have things that need to be kept wet at the lowest points in the facility, instead of in above ground pools.
Those plants are put on the coast for the ready access to water. If anything they backup generators should have been located higher.
Sad that this nuclear power plant had a meltdown because it lacked electricity.
Also, sad that the anti-nuke activists have prevented the industry from building updated modern plants.