Voice of Russia
March 19, 2014

Location of Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant / Image: Google Maps
Location of Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant / Image: Google Maps

Tokyo Electric Power Co said Wednesday it had suspended a radioactive water treatment system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant due to deteriorating performance. The operator found Tuesday that one of the three lines in the cleanup system did not eliminate radioactive material sufficiently.

Tokyo Electric halted all three lines called the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), but it did not detect any defects in the other two, said Akitsuka Kobayashi, a company spokesman.

The operator has been investigating the problem since Tuesday, Kobayashi said.

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