. >> since i took office, i've been saying that for japan to be reborn rukushima needed to be saved. we've been working to get the reactors under control. >> today's news is encouraging for the authorities at the plant. it is kept cool with water, otherwise it will melt. that's what's happened at least partly already. now the reactors are said to be in cold shutdown where cooling water remains below boiling point. preventing the nuclear material from heating up out of control. it is likely to remain off-limits for years. homes lying empty. farm animals left to fend for themselves. a new generation born in a nuclear wasteland. a plant on the 26th floor of a 20th tower block is where they live now. the view is good, but it can't replace the garden. they plan to spend their retirement tending. >> we are alive. we don't know where we belong. so i cannot discard away our house and garden. they are waiting for us. >> for japan at the challenge now, the challenge is to keep the lights on in its great cities like tokyo. local fears mean nearly all of the country's reactors are offline. the g