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U.S. Fears Faster Iran Nuclear Arms Progress
(Financial Times-UK) Daniel Dombey - U.S. officials are worried Iran could deploy a new generation of centrifuges that would shorten the time needed to enrich uranium and reach nuclear weapon status. Such devices are three times faster than the centrifuges Iran relies on now. "If they were to deploy large numbers of these second-generation machines, then it could dramatically reduce dash time (the time needed to develop a nuclear weapon)," said an administration official. The U.S. would look at the next quarterly report of the UN nuclear watchdog to see if Iran was making progress with the new centrifuges, he said.