"A trouble-prone system used to decontaminate radioactive water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was switched off Sunday because of a chemical leak, the plant's operator said."

"Hydrochloric acid, used to neutralise alkaline water being decontaminated, was found seeping from a pipe joint, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said in a statement.

The joint was wrapped in a vinyl bag to contain the leakage, TEPCO said, adding it was investigating the cause of the trouble."

AFP had the story December 1, 2013. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Insight -- Fukushima Water Tanks: Leaky And Built With Illegal Labor" (Reuters) [3]

"Three Years on From Japan's Nuclear Emergency, the Fallout Continues To Spread" (Murdoch News Site) [4]

"Inside Fukushima: Decommissioning Tepco's Stricken Nuclear Reactor" (CNN) [5]

"Survey: Families in Fukushima Prefecture Still Apart After Nuclear Disaster" (Asahi Shimbun) [6]

"Inside Fukushima: Decommissioning Tepco's Stricken Nuclear Reactor" (CNN) [5]

"Japan Won’t Set Dates for Restarting 50 Idled Nuclear Reactors" (Bloomberg Businessweek) [7]

"Fukushima Radioactive Water Leak: Construction Of Giant Water Tanks At Nuclear Plant Involved Illegal Labor, Substandard Work" (International Business Times) [8]