On 8/24/11 9:09 AM, X ~ Man wrote:
From news reports:

The earthquake knocked out offsite power, and plant operators manually
shut down both reactors.
The plant reported an "alert" status to the NRC, which indicates that
there is something prohibiting the plant from operating normally but
does not jeopardize the safety of the facility. All other reactors that
felt the quake declared "unusual events," the lowest level of emergency
situation, and continue to operate normally.
The backup diesel generators came online to power the pumps, allowing
the plant to be safely cooled.
There is enough fuel for the diesel generators to function for three
days, and there is no infrastructure damage to prevent more fuel from
being delivered.
One of the four diesel generators failed; the other three are working
normally.
Offsite power is expected to be restored within a few hours, and the
plant will resume operation shortly after that.

In other words, the plant behaved exactly as it was designed to do, in
response to an event that was within its design limits.

Update...the plant is back on offsite power, so the generators have been
shut down. Might be another day or so before the reactors are powered up.