Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Engineers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have managed to lay a cable to reactor 2, the UN's nuclear watchdog reports.

Restoring power should enable engineers to restart the pumps which send coolant over the reactor.

Workers at Fukushima have been battling to prevent fuel in the reactors from overheating since Friday's magnitude 9.0 quake and subsequent tsunami.