Reuters: Japan nuclear rescue advances

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/19/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110319

Japan nuclear rescue advances

By Taiga Uranaka and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO | Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:19pm EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Engineers enjoyed some success in their mission to stop disaster at Japan's tsunami-damaged power plant, though evidence of small radiation leaks highlighted perils from the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.

Three hundred technicians have been battling inside a danger zone to salvage the six-reactor Fukushima plant since it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that also killed 7,508 people and left 11,700 more missing in northeast Japan.

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Encouragingly for Japanese transfixed on the work at Fukushima, the situation at the most critical reactor -- No. 3 which contains highly toxic plutonium -- appeared to come back from the brink after fire trucks doused it for hours.

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Engineers attached a power cable to the No.1 and No. 2 reactors, hoping to restore electricity later in the day. They also hope to reach No. 3 and 4 soon to test turning the pumps on.

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