Japan works to restore nuke plant's power Japanese engineers are
racing to restore a power cable to the quake-ravaged Fukushima
nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps needed to
pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a
catastrophic release of radiation. Even if the engineers manage
to connect the power, it is not clear the pumps will work as
they may have been damaged in the earthquake or subsequent
explosions and there are real fears of the electricity shorting
and causing another explosion. Officials will also continue
water-bombing in the hope of bringing radiation emissions under
control. Australia is among a number of countries expressing
growing alarm about radiation leaking from the plant, about 240
kilometres north of Tokyo, which was severely damaged by a
magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami a week ago. The disaster
triggered a series of destructive explosions, compromising the
nuclear reactors and depleting fuel storage tanks. Authorities
are also hoping they will be able to re