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Iran's Natanz nuclear facility recovered quickly from Stuxnet cyberattack
WaPo ^ | 2/15/11 | Joby Warrick

Posted on 02/15/2011 10:18:58 PM PST by Nachum

VIENNA - In an underground chamber near the Iranian city of Natanz, a network of surveillance cameras offers the outside world a rare glimpse into Iran's largest nuclear facility. The cameras were installed by U.N. inspectors to keep tabs on Iran's nuclear progress, but last year they recorded something unexpected: workers hauling away crate after crate of broken equipment.

In a six-month period between late 2009 and last spring, U.N. officials watched in amazement as Iran dismantled more than 10 percent of the Natanz plant's 9,000 centrifuge machines used to enrich uranium. Then, just as remarkably, hundreds of new machines arrived at the plant to replace the ones that were lost.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facility; irans; natanznuclear

1 posted on 02/15/2011 10:19:02 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum
Natanz Nuke Facility. Coordinates in lower left

yitbos

2 posted on 02/15/2011 10:24:04 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Nachum

It’s almost like they have a few nuclear powers backing them up with technical knowledge and diplomatic cover...


3 posted on 02/15/2011 11:15:44 PM PST by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Nachum
The cameras were installed by U.N. inspectors to keep tabs on Iran's nuclear progress

Thank God the UN is handling this. I feel better already.

4 posted on 02/16/2011 12:16:34 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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Yeah,
Nothing to see here until they turn the damn thing on and it melts down to about 300 feet below ground surface spreading nuke crap all over Iran.
Then I’ll smile.


6 posted on 02/16/2011 3:04:16 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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