Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down Temporarily After "Technical Fault"

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said that the plant was shut down and taken off the power grid after a "technical fault".

Iran's southern Bushehr nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement. "Following a technical fault at Bushehr power plant, and after a one-day notice to the energy ministry, the plant was temporarily shut down and taken off the power grid," the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on its website around Sunday midnight. The statement said the plant will be reconnected to the grid and the issue will be resolved "in a few days", but did not elaborate further. Iran's national electricity company had in a statement on Sunday called on Iranians to minimise consumption during peak hours due to a "predicted rise in temperature" and "limitations in power generation due to ongoing repairs at (the) Bushehr plant". The company said that the repairs may continue until the end of the week, which is Friday in Iran.