TOKYO: A trouble-prone system used to decontaminate radioactive water at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was switched off on Sunday because of a chemical leak, the plant’s operator said.
Hydrochloric acid, used to neutralize alkaline water being decontaminated, was found seeping from a pipe joint, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) said in a statement.
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