A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant (Majid Asgaripour/AP)Iran’s sole nuclear power plant is back online following an emergency shutdown two weeks ago, state TV reported. The report quoted Mostafa Rajabi Mashahdi, a spokesman for the country’s energy ministry, as saying the Bushehr plant “returned to production energy” after the completion of needed maintenance. Mr Mashahdi did not elaborate but last week, Iran’s nuclear department said engineers were working to repair the plant’s broken generator. Bushehr is fuelled by uranium produced in Russia, not Iran, and is monitored by the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency. The 1,000-megawatt plant feeds the grid with enough energy for a tiny part of Iran’s nationwide 64,000-megawatt consumption.

Source: Irish Independent July 03, 2021 09:22 UTC