Japan Prays For Success of Fukushima 50 in Fight to Save Nuclear Plant

A fearless band of scientists and workers trying to stop a meltdown have inspired the entire country.

By Robin McKie

Exhausted engineers attached a power cable to the outside of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant on Saturday. The operation raised hopes that it may be possible to restart the pumping of water into the plant’s stricken reactors and cool down its overheated fuel rods before there are more fires and explosions.

“We have connected the external transmission line with the receiving point of the plant and confirmed that electricity can be supplied,” said a spokesman for the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power.

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