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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112206746.html
Iran's Nuclear Program Reportedly Struggling
(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler - Iran's nuclear program has experienced serious problems, including unexplained fluctuations in the performance of the thousands of centrifuges enriching uranium, leading to a temporary shutdown. Speculation immediately centered on the Stuxnet worm, a computer virus that some researchers say was designed to target Iran's centrifuge machines so that they spin out of control. Olli Heinonen, a former top IAEA official, said Monday that 3,772 centrifuges at the Natanz facility were being fed uranium gas and 5,084 machines were idle. "This indicates that there is a problem," he said.