Iran’s only nuclear power plant in Bushehr has been temporarily shut down over a “technical fault”, the country’s atomic energy body said in a statement.
The shutdown of the Bushehr plant comes as Tehran and world powers attempt to revive a 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program in Vienna talks. An EU negotiator said Sunday they were moving “closer to a deal”.
“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.
