Japan to restore power at 4 reactors Saturday—atomic agency

OSAKA – Electricity is expected to be reconnected to four reactors at a stricken Japanese atomic plant on Saturday to power cooling systems, the nuclear and industrial safety agency said.

“We are scheduled to restore electricity at number 1 and 2 within today,” an agency official told a news conference on Saturday.

“Reactors number 5 and 6 also will be powered within today. They are scheduled to restore power to number 3 and 4 tomorrow [Sunday].”

Four of the six reactors at Fukushima No. 1 plant have been in danger of leaking dangerous amounts of radioactivity after an earthquake and tsunami led to a series of hydrogen explosions and fires at buildings housing the units.