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Iran: Bushehr nuclear power plant "temporarily suspended"
A source in the state-owned energy company said the shutdown at the station, the only one in the country, would last three or four days and added that it could result in power outages.
This is the first time that the shutdown of the reactor, which began operating in 2011 with the help of Russia, has been reported
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Sunday, 20 June 2021, 20:19 Updated: 20:22
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Iran's only nuclear power plant is undergoing a temporary shutdown, a government energy company official told the state television on Sunday.
The source, Rolamli Rahshanimhar, said on a talk show that the Bushehr reactor was shut down yesterday for "three or four days".
He added that there may be power outages.
He did not elaborate further, but this is the first time that Iran has reported an emergency shutdown at a reactor in Bushehr, in the south of the country.
It was launched in 2011, with the assistance of Russia.
Last March, a senior Iranian nuclear energy agency official warned that the reactor could stop working because Tehran could not purchase parts and equipment from Russia due to sanctions imposed by the United States on its 2018 banking sector.
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