Meltdown (Atari 7800)

Terrorist groups from around the world have sabotaged 20 nuclear power plants. Now the reactors are rapidly filling with sparkx and nobody can do anything to stop the inevitable MeltDowns.
Nobody but you, that is. Armed with a powerful new atomic gun, you put on a nuke suit and step into the first reactor. Zzzzzzipp! A sparkx misses your head and hits the wall of the reactor. Poing! It bounces off the wall and heads straight for the control rods at the reactor core. You take aim, knowing full well that a bad shot can further damage the reactor. You pull the trigger. Kerpowie! You got it! You see two more sparkx to your right and six to your left. The place is humming with 'em!
Lightning-fast action leaves no time to question your abilities. You must act quickly. Can you do it? The whole industrialized world is depending on you.