Tokyo Electric Power Co. restored electricity to the power center of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant's No. 2 reactor Sunday afternoon and will attempt to turn on its cooling system and other safety equipment to get the upper hand on the nuclear crisis.
Tepco is working round the clock to connect lengthy power cables to the crippled plant, where four of its six reactors have leaked or are continuing to leak radiation.
The March 11 quake and tsunami cut off all power to the reactors, killing critical safety features — most notably the systems that cool the fuel rods in the cores and the spent fuel rods stored in their containment pools — allowing them to get dangerously hot.