TOKYO – A nearly completed new power line could restore electric cooling systems in Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, raising hopes of easing the crisis that has threatened a meltdown. Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Naoki Tsunoda... (Continue reading)
SOMA, Japan (AP) — Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned by a deadly tsunami. In... (Continue reading)