TOKYO — Scrambling to corral a widening crisis, engineers linked a power cable to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station early today as they struggled to restart systems designed to prevent overheating and keep radiation from escaping. The Tokyo Electric Power Co., which runs the station 140 miles north of the capital, said it hoped to connect the electric cord to the cooling equipment inside the facility later today (Japan time) in an attempt to stabilize the reactors that were damaged by the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan eight days ago. They were planning to start with Reactor No. 2, which was seen Friday spewing steam, perhaps containing radioactive…
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