http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1553251.ece
Engineers inch closer to restoring power to Japanese nuke complex
Tokyo, March 19, 2011
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Connecting a power line to the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is expected to be completed during the day, the Japanese Kyodo news agency said.
Engineers have now connected a power cable to the outside of the plant. Further cabling is under way inside to try to restart water pumps in four of the six reactors, the BBC said.
“We are scheduled to restore electricity at number 1 and 2 [reactors] today,” an official of the nuclear safety agency said.
“Reactors number 5 and 6 also will be powered today.
They are scheduled to restore power to number 3 and 4 tomorrow [Sunday],” the BBC quoted the official as saying.
Steve, thanks for manning this thread with so many good links and updated information. For me, the clearest sign that progress is being made, and the situation may be on its way to stablizing, is the fact that the story is dropping off the front pages of most news media. Of course the situation remains fluid, volatile, and quite serious, but the media’s short attention span is growing weary of waiting for something to explode. I take that as a good thing.