IPhoto not compatible with library.

     I have a two year old IMac. Everything fine till last week. Power outage caused some form of corruption in my IPhoto library.
Now, when I try to open it, I receive pop up saying: "IPhoto is unable to open this library. The library is not compatible with IPhoto."
Went on line to find answers. Most suggest building new library but I can't even do that as I cannot even access the Preferences aspect of IPhoto. Header is there but all options are in grey meaning I can't click on any options of IPhoto to begin creating new library.
Photos are still there.
Checked Masters folder and all photos exist but no library as such.
Any help would be greatly welcome.
Tom

Apply the two fixes below in order as needed: 
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments.  However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

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