Crews Reconnect Power Lines to One Nuclear Plant ; Damage Must Still Be Checked

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Emergency crews Tuesday hooked up electrical lines to a crippled nuclear power plant but delayed restoring power until checking for damage to the cooling units in the six reactors.

"We need more time. It's too early to say that they are sufficiently stable," said Sakae Muto, vice president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which owns the Dai-ichi nuclear complex about 150 miles northeast of the Japanese capital.

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Crews Reconnect Power Lines to One Nuclear Plant ; Damage Must Still Be Checked

Checking for damage to the cooling units could take days or even weeks, TEPCO officials said.

A massive tsunami spawned by the worst ...

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