"a temporary shutdown" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
Example sentence: The factory experienced a temporary shutdown due to a power outage.
Hurricane Sandy disrupted supplies and its gasoline production unit, forcing a temporary shutdown.
Borrowers, meanwhile, are in good shape to weather a temporary shutdown.
And after a temporary shutdown and repairs at Daiichi, Tepco resumed operating the plant.
Never mind that the boathouse's fleet was unexpectedly confined to shore, thanks to a temporary shutdown of river traffic.
In other words, a temporary shutdown is one thing; a state of seemingly permanent gridlock is quite another.
Lightning Strikes Twice Lightning forced a temporary shutdown of the oil recovery operations on Friday and then again on Sunday.
The spill led to a temporary shutdown at Prudhoe Bay, the largest oil field in United States territory.
Each received a letter giving them 90 days to make significant improvements or face a temporary shutdown.
The resulting fuss lead to a temporary shutdown of the FAA and the furlough of 4,000 federal workers.
Tuesday's arrest comes less than three months after another judge ordered a temporary shutdown of WhatsApp in a similar case.
At a minimum, a temporary shutdown, pending some sort of congressional review and the creation of safeguards, would seem to be in order.
