Iran’s only nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown

Official says shutdown for repairs began on Saturday and could last up to four days, possibly causing power outages.

Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has been temporarily shutdown for a “technical overhaul”, Iranian state TV has said. An official from the state electric energy company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last “for three to four days”. He added that power outages could result. He did not elaborate further, but this is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the plant, located in the southern port city of Bushehr.