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Source: http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/what-is-irans-competence-in-operating-centrifuges/
What Is Iran's Competence in Operating Centrifuges?
(Institute for Science and International Security) David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker - A recent article in The Financial Times says that Iran's centrifuges are "only working at 20% efficiency." According to the latest IAEA data from May, however, each machine is achieving two to three times that efficiency, and perhaps even more. The 20% efficiency appears to derive from earlier calculations which were misinterpretations of the available data. Problems in operating centrifuge cascades and possibly sabotage have set back the Iranian centrifuge program. However, it is a mistake to believe that Iran is incompetent or is not progressing in operating large numbers of centrifuges.