IRAN
Bushehr Shutdown Blamed On Loose Bolt Fragment
The recent shutdown of Iran’s 1.0gw Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attributed to the discovery of a fragment broken off a large bolt on the plant’s main circulation pump. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed in a report circulated among members in mid-November that fuel assemblies had been transferred from the core to the spent fuel pond in late October. Iran claimed that the shutdown...
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