TEHRAN, 06 July 2021, (TON): A manager told state media “Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has been brought back online after an emergency shutdown two weeks ago.”

News Agency quoted Mahmud Jafari as saying that the “technical fault” that shut down the Bushehr plant and its 1,000-megawatt reactor had been “fixed,” allowing the plant to resume power generation and be reconnected.

Jafari, who is also deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said power generation had resumed.

He also urged Iranians to help the country’s overburdened grid by minimizing power consumption as weather forecasts predicted rising temperatures in the coming days.

The AEOI blamed “a technical fault” for the plant’s shutdown and said it had given the Energy Ministry one day’s notice before going offline.

Last week, Iranian officials said engineers were working to repair the plant’s broken generator.

The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency acknowledged being aware of reports about the plant, but declined to comment.