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Gary Gentry

Gary Edward Gentry (born October 6, 1946) is an American former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher.

Early years
Gentry was a second baseman at Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and only began pitching while at Phoenix Junior College. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the eleventh round of the inaugural major league draft in 1965, and was a first-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in the January Secondary Draft in 1966, but signed with neither team, choosing instead to remain in college. In 1966, he led the Bears to a national junior college championship. Shortly afterwards, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants, but again chose not to sign.

After two years at Phoenix College, Gentry transferred to Arizona State University. He went 17–1 with a college-record 229 strikeouts. In the 1967 NCAA University Division baseball tournament, Gentry tossed a fourteen-inning gem against Stanford University to help his team catch the College World Series title. He was named the pitcher of the All-Tournament Team. Shortly afterwards, he was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft. This time, he was ready to sign.

New York Mets
Gentry spent just two seasons in the Mets' farm system when he caught the eye of Mets manager Gil Hodges in Spring training 1969, and earned a spot on the opening day roster behind Tom Seaver & Jerry Koosman in the starting rotation. He came within an out of a complete game in his major league debut, defeating the Montreal Expos in front of 8,608 at Shea Stadium.

Overall, Gentry made 35 starts, and went 13–12 with a 3.43 earned run average and 154 strikeouts his rookie season. Unquestionably, his biggest game came on September 24. The Mets, who once trailed the Chicago Cubs by 9$1⁄2$ games on August 13, were now in first place by six games, and now regularly drew crowds over 50,000 to Shea. Gentry pitched a four-hit, 6–0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch the National League East title for the Mets.

On his 23rd birthday, Gentry was sent to the mound for game three of the 1969 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves. Gentry lasted only into the third inning, however, the Mets were able to mount a comeback that would allow them to sweep the NLCS, and head into the World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.

With the 1969 World Series tied at one game apiece, Gentry faced Jim Palmer in game three. Tommie Agee led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to give the Mets the early 1–0 lead (Agee also made two spectacular catches in center field to prevent the Orioles from scoring up to five runs in this game). Gentry, meanwhile, held the mighty Orioles scoreless, pitching into the seventh inning before handing the ball to Nolan Ryan for the save. He also helped his own cause in the second inning with a double that plated two runs.

Gentry got off to a hot start in 1970. Following a one-hit shutout of the Chicago Cubs on May 13, his record stood at 4–1 with a 1.71 ERA. He would cool off from there, and ended the season at 9–9 with a 3.68 ERA.

Following a 1971 season in which Gentry went 12–11 with a 3.23 ERA, the California Angels inquired about Gentry, dangling third baseman Jim Fregosi as bait. Unwilling to part with Gentry, the Mets sent Nolan Ryan to the Angels in one of the most infamous trades in franchise history.

He would remain with the Mets for one more season, going 7–10 with a 4.01 ERA. Gentry was traded along with Danny Frisella from the Mets to the Atlanta Braves for Félix Millán and George Stone on November 1, 1972.

Atlanta Braves
Gentry exited his June 5 start in the first inning due to right elbow soreness. He made his next start, but was pulled after the second inning, and placed on the disabled list. He returned a month later, but after just two more appearances, his season was ended for good.

After surgery to have bone chips removed from his elbow, Gentry returned to the mound on April 30, 1974, pitching an inning of relief. He made two more appearances before his season was once again cut short, this time for tendon surgery. He made seven appearances in 1975 before the Braves decided to end their relationship with Gentry. He played his last game for the Braves on May 6, and was waived two days later.

Shortly afterwards, Gentry was re-signed by the Mets, but after just one appearance at Double-A Jackson was released on June 19.

Career stats
Gentry was an exceptional fielding pitcher. The only error he committed in his career (in 182 total chances) came on August 23, 1970, covering first on a ground ball by Pete Rose.

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My name is Tyson Bartlett, and I am currently studying materials science and engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Some of my hobbies include hiking and bird watching.

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Umar Mustafa Al Muntasir

Umar Mustafa Al Muntasir (عمر مصطفى المنتصر) (1939 – 23 January 2001) was secretary of the General People's Committee (Prime Minister) of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990. He succeeded Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi as secretary of the General People's Committee in a cabinet reshuffle. Al Muntasir also served as the foreign minister from 13 August 1992 until 16 July 2000. Umar Mustafa died of natural causes on 23 January 2001.

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1961 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1961 are:

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * The Amarillo Globe-Times, for "exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism."
 * Local Reporting, Edition Time:
 * Sanche de Gramont of the New York Herald Tribune, "for his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage".
 * Local Reporting, No Edition time:
 * Edgar May of The Buffalo Evening News, for his 14-part series about New York's public welfare services, "Our Costly Dilemma", which "brought about reforms that attracted nationwide attention".
 * National Reporting:
 * Edward R. Cony of The Wall Street Journal, "for his analysis of a timber transaction which drew the attention of the public to problems of business ethics".
 * International Reporting:
 * Lynn Heinzerling of the Associated Press, "for his reporting, under extraordinarily difficult conditions, of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa".
 * Editorial Writing:
 * William J. Dorvillier of The San Juan Star, "for his editorials on clerical interference in the 1960 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico".
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Carey Orr of the Chicago Tribune, "for his long and distinguished career as an editorial cartoonist, as exemplified by a cartoon captioned, 'The Kindly Tiger', published on October 8, 1960".
 * Photography:
 * Yasushi Nagao of Mainichi (Tokyo), for "Tokyo Stabbing", a photograph of the assassination of Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma, distributed in the United States by United Press International.

Letters, Music and Drama Awards

 * Fiction:
 * To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Lippincott)
 * Drama:
 * All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (Obolensky)
 * History:
 * Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by Herbert Feis (Princeton Univ. Press)
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald (Knopf)
 * Poetry:
 * Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley (Viking)
 * Music:
 * Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston (Associated Music Publishers), first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
 * Special Citation:
 * American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, as a distinguished example of American book publishing.

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Waiver

A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege.

Regulatory agencies of state departments or the federal government may issue waivers to exempt companies from certain regulations. For example, a United States law restricted the size of banks, but when banks exceeded these sizes, they obtained waivers.

While a waiver is often in writing, sometimes a person's words can also be used as a counteract to a waiver. An example of a written waiver is a disclaimer, which becomes a waiver when accepted. When the right to hold a person liable through a lawsuit is waived, the waiver may be called an exculpatory clause, liability waiver, legal release, or hold harmless clause.

In some cases, parties may sign a "non-waiver" contract which specifies that no rights are waived, particularly if a person's actions may suggest that rights are being waived. This is particularly common in insurance. Sometimes the elements of "voluntary" and "known" are established by a legal fiction. In this case, one is presumed to know one's rights and that those rights are voluntarily relinquished if not asserted at the time.

In civil procedure, certain arguments must be raised in the first objection that a party submits to the court, or else they will be deemed waived.

Enforceability
The following represent a general overview of considerations; specifics may vary dramatically depending on the jurisdiction.

Key factors that some courts (depending on jurisdiction) may look at while determining the applicability of a waiver:
 * In some jurisdictions, one may not prospectively waive liability for some or all intentional activities
 * Waivers generally must be made voluntarily and with the full knowledge (or the ability to know) of the right being waived
 * The waiver should be unambiguous and clear to a reasonable person
 * In some jurisdictions (not including the United States), it may be necessary that the parties to the waiver have equal bargaining power
 * A waiver may have limited application where one contracts for an "essential service" such that it may violate public policy for liability to be waived
 * A waiver that the courts will not enforce because the purpose of the agreement is to achieve an illegal end constitutes an illegal agreement.

Personal jurisdiction
In the case of Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, 456 U.S. 694 (1982) the United States Supreme Court decided that when a court orders a party to produce proof on a certain point, and that party refuses to comply with the court's order, the court may deem that refusal to be a waiver of the right to contest that point and assume that the proof would show whatever the opposing party claims that it would.

In that court case, the defendant had argued that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over it but refused a court order to produce evidence of this lack of jurisdiction. The defendant argued that, because the court lacked jurisdiction, the court had no authority to issue an order to show proof of the lack of jurisdiction. The Supreme Court rejected that argument and determined that the defendant's refusal to comply waived the right to contest jurisdiction, just as if it had never contested jurisdiction at all.

Illegal waiver or agreement
In US states such as California, a waiver is not lawful when it is contrary to an express provision of law, its implicit policy, or good morals. Furthermore, one cannot waive responsibility for violation of law, willful injury to a person or property of another, for fraud, or waive their residential tenant rights.

State health programs
Under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, the United States federal government may issue waivers to individual states so that they may provide Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in different ways from how the law typically mandates provision.

Local government
In the United Kingdom, standing orders adopted by local councils typically designate limits on the level of authority delegated to staff to take action without approval by elected members, with provision being made to waive these limits in appropriate circumstances such as urgency or where the requirements for competition in public procurement cannot be engaged.

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Nonattachment (philosophy)

Nonattachment, non-attachment, or detachment is a state in which a person overcomes their emotional attachment to or desire for things, people, or worldly concerns and thus attains a heightened perspective. It is considered a wise virtue and is promoted in various Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, and Buddhism. It is also a key concept in Christian spirituality (often referred to by the Greek term ), where it signifies a detachment from worldly objects and concerns.

Importance of the term
Detachment as release from desire and consequently from suffering is an important principle, or even ideal, in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Stoicism, Taoism, and Baháʼí Faith.

In Buddhist and Hindu religious texts the opposite concept is expressed as, translated as "attachment". Attachment—that is, the inability to practice or embrace detachment—is viewed as the main obstacle towards a serene and fulfilled life. Many other spiritual traditions identify attachment with the continuous worries and restlessness produced by desire and personal ambitions.

Jainism
Detachment is one of the supreme ideals of Jainism, along with non-violence. Non-possession/non-attachment is one of the Mahavratas, the five great vows that Jain monks observe. Detachment is meaningful if accompanied by the knowledge of self as a soul; moreover, it can serve as the means for attaining self realization. According to Jain saint Shrimad Rajchandra, for those who are lifeless ritualists, mere bodily restraint does not help in attaining self-realization — detachment and are necessary. Therefore, he suggests one should undertake such activities, but one must not get stuck there. One cannot get rid of the root cause of birth and death without self-realization. As such, a Jain must understand and apply detachment for the purpose of gaining realization. However, he states that if one bears hardships that do not lead to a reduction in defilement, one strays from the path to liberation.

Baháʼí Faith
"Thou hast inquired about detachment. It is well known to thee that by detachment is intended the detachment of the soul from all else but God. That is, it consisted in soaring up to an eternal station, wherein nothing that can be seen between heaven and earth deterreth the seeker from the Absolute Truth. In other words, he is not veiled from divine love or from busying himself with the mention of God by the love of any other thing or by his immersion therein."

- Bahá'u'lláh

The second definition is in the Words of Wisdom: "The essence of detachment is for man to turn his face towards the courts of the Lord, to enter His Presence, behold His Countenance, and stand as witness before Him."

- Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 155

Buddhism
Regarding the concept of detachment, or non-attachment, Buddhist texts in Pali mention, a word generally translated as "renunciation". This word also conveys more specifically the meaning of "giving up the world and leading a holy life" or "freedom from lust, craving, and desires."

The writings of Milarepa are canonical Mahayana Buddhist texts that emphasize the temporary nature of the physical body and the need for non-attachment.

Detachment is a central concept in Zen Buddhist philosophy. One of the most important technical Chinese terms for detachment is "" (無念), which literally means "no thought." This does not signify the literal absence of thought, but rather the state of being "unstained" ( 不染) by thought. Therefore, "detachment" is being detached from one's thoughts. It is to separate oneself from one's own thoughts and opinions in detail as to not be harmed mentally and emotionally by them.

Christianity
Eastern Christian monasticism cultivated practices of detached watchfulness which were designed to calm the passions and lead to an ongoing state of calm detachment known as.

In Western Christianity, Ignatian spirituality encourages detachment, sometimes referred to as indifference, in order to maximize a person's availability to God and to their neighbors.

Hinduism
The Hindu view of detachment comes from the understanding of the nature of existence. The true ultimate state sought is that of being in the moment: While one is responsible and active, one does not worry about the past or future. The detachment is towards the result of one's actions rather than towards everything in life. This concept is cited extensively within Puranic and Vedic literature, for example: "One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus is untouched by muddy water."

- Bhagavad Gita 5.10:

is a Hindu term which is often translated as detachment.

Taoism
The Tao Te Ching expresses the concept (in chapter 44) as: Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you

Stoicism
The Christian practices of detachment derive from ancient Greek philosophy, most notably Stoicism. According to the Stoics,, which can be translated as "equanimity", was the quality that characterized the sage.

Whereas Aristotle had claimed that virtue was to be found in the golden mean between an excess and a deficiency of emotion, the Stoics thought that living virtuously provided freedom from the passions, resulting in. It meant eradicating the tendency to react emotionally or egotistically to external events, the things that cannot be controlled. For Stoics, it was the optimally rational response to the world, for things cannot be controlled if they are caused by the will of others or by Nature; only one's own will can be controlled. That did not mean a loss of feeling, or total disengagement from the world. The Stoic who performs correct (virtuous) judgments and actions as part of the world order experiences contentment and good feelings.

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Talk:Unalienable rights

Why is this article being reverted to nothing?
This article needs to be better Wikified, but adequate examples are given of "inalienable" being used in a context different than the stated meaning of "unalienable." Additionally, very little of this information is given in the "inalienable" article. Articles should never be combined unless their information is combined. Please obey the rules of conduct and dispute resolution. List the reasons why you would like to combine these articles and how you propose combining them before doing so. --206.176.221.196 16:29, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Requests for Comment
I will be logging a Request for Comment if this article is erased again before the dispute is resolved. The article lists multiple verifiable examples of how this word is used differently than the word being combined with this one. A response that addresses this discrepency is required before merging can be considered. --206.176.221.196 16:56, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Jefferson preferred Locke's Inalienable Rights

 * John Locke added the concept of man as a maker of things and natural owner of property. Locke referred to "life, liberty, and property" as inalienable rights.
 * The United States Declaration of Independence did not recognize Locke's need for property as being a natural right. It referred to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" as unalienable rights.

Thomas Jefferson originally drafted the colonies' Declaration using the word "inalienable" in reference to the way Locke spelled the term. Many members of the colonial congress did not like Locke's concept of property being a natural right, so the word was changed to read "unalienable." Because Thomas Jefferson was so opposed to this change, he often quoted the declaration incorrectly, using the word "inalienable." I believe it is spelled that way on his shrine too. The point is, as per the minutes of the colonial congress, as far as they were concerned, the two words were not interchangeable. --Go Cowboys 21:56, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

 * This falsehood is sufficient reason to remove this article and all that resemble it from anything that claims to be a verifiable encyclpedia. The two words are first attested as members of the same dictionary entry. They have been synonyms ever since. The two words differ only in that one uses a Germanic and the other a Latinate negative prefix to the English form of the Latin compound alienabilis.  Unalienable is  thus a hybrid, or in the language of prescriptive grammarians, a bastard formation; and, as such, would be deprecated in the eighteenth century.  Jefferson used it, probably inadvertently, in the  Declaration of Independence; when he discusses Congress's alteration to his draft, in some detail, in his Autobiography, he quotes both Congress and himself as using inalienable.

Both synonyms assert, of a right, that the possessor's right to something cannot be taken, or given, away, whether the thing itself has been or not. Septentrionalis 22:09, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

 * That is your opinion. It was not the opinion of the Colonial Congress.  "Inalienable" was a word already in wide use when the declaration was penned.  The Colonial Congress chose a different word because they specifically did not want "unalienable" to include property rights.  Now, you are trying to attach property rights to the meaning of the Declaration of Independence by saying that "unalienable" means the same thing as "inalienable".  Your efforts will fail because people can read the exact words of the Declaration of Independence and see that no property rights are included or implied. --Go Cowboys 15:32, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Is this original reasearch, or do you have a source? Septentrionalis 16:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Are you being argumentative? Of course I have a source for the exact text of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and for the writings of John Locke.  Are you contending that Locke's writings did not precede the U.S. Declaration of Independence?  Are you contending that Locke's "inalienable" did not include property rights?  Are you claiming that the declaration's "unalienable" includes property rights?  What do you question?  I am not drawing any conclusions in the article.  I am merely stating the facts.  They speak for themselves:

 * John Locke defined inalienable rights specifically as "life, liberty, and property".
 * The United States Declaration of Independence did not recognize Locke's need for property as being a natural right. It referred to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" as unalienable rights.

 * Are you questioning whether the above statements are true? Do I need to photocopy the Declaration and Locke's writings to prove it to you?  --Go Cowboys 16:21, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

 * A source for this sentence would be nice:
 * The Colonial Congress chose a different word because they specifically did not want "unalienable" to include property rights Septentrionalis 16:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

 * That is my conclusion. I think it's pretty obvious, but I have never included that in an article because it is a secondary source.  Stating logical conclusions based on factual data is certainly allowed by Wikipedia when used in discussion about an article.  I think you already knew that.  --Go Cowboys 16:52, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. Then it is original research, since it is not a consensus, or a trivial leap of logic; I believe, in fact, there is scholarly consensus against it. A group which held this view might well have been notable enough to mention somewhere. Septentrionalis 16:59, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

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Ciarán Bourke

Ciarán Bourke (18 February 1935 – 10 May 1988) was an Irish musician and one of the original founding members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners.

Early life
Ciarán Bourke was born in Dublin on 18 February 1935, but lived most of his life in Tibradden, County Dublin. His father, a doctor, was in practice in the city. The children had an Irish-speaking nanny. Ciarán's early exposure to Irish continued throughout his education, attending Colaiste Mhuire, Parnell Square, Dublin. He later attended University College Dublin for a course in Agricultural Science. He did not take his degree but always retained an interest in farming.

The Dubliners
After leaving university he met two of his future bandmates in The Dubliners, Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna, who invited Ciarán to join their sessions in O'Donoghue's Pub where he played tin whistle, mouth organ and guitar, as well as singing. Luke Kelly, who had been singing around the clubs in England, returned to Dublin and joined them; the four gained local popularity. Taking the name The Dubliners, the group put together the first folk concert of its kind in Dublin. The concert was a success, then a theatrical production called "A Ballad Tour of Ireland" was put on at the Gate Theatre shortly afterwards.

In 1964 fiddle player John Sheahan joined the band, and this became known as the original Dubliners line-up.

Ciarán was responsible for bringing a Gaelic element to The Dubliners' music with songs such as "Peggy Lettermore" and "Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha" being performed in the Irish language. He also sang a number of the group's more lighthearted and humorous numbers such as "Jar of Porter", "The Dublin Fusiliers", "The Limerick Rake", "Mrs. McGrath", "Darby O'Leary", "All For Me Grog" and "The Ballad of Ronnie's Mare", as well as patriotic songs such as "Roddy McCorley", "The Enniskillen Dragoons", "Take It Down From The Mast" and "Henry Joy".

Declining health and death
On 5 April 1974, The Dubliners travelled to Eastbourne where they were to appear in concert. Luke was worried by the way Ciarán kept moving his head about, as if trying to alleviate increasing pain. Four minutes into the second half, it was decided he could not continue with the show. Luke insisted that a doctor should be phoned and instructed to await their return to the Irish Club at Eaton Square. The roadie for the trip, John Corry, thought that it was better to drive straight to St George's Hospital in London, where the doctors diagnosed a brain aneurysm. Ciarán was transferred to the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, while doctors waited for his wife to return from a trip to Ghana, to get her signature before operating. She was told that there was danger of further haemorrhaging. Ciarán was operated on at the earliest opportunity. The bleeding began again while he was on the table which meant that they could not repair the damage, just staunch the bleeding. This left him paralysed down his left side and confused as to where he was and what had happened.

Ciarán received intensive therapy, attending a clinic in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. He was heartened by his progress and insisted on rejoining the Dubliners on their next tour of the Continent in November that year.

Ciarán's continued insistence that he was fit enough to join them on the forthcoming German tour caused them considerable disquiet. They preferred he ease himself back to work, with a few small shows in Ireland. The tour gradually began to take its toll on Ciarán, and it was decided that for the sake of his health he should return home. He flew from Brussels to Dublin.

Ciarán made his last public appearance on Ireland's RTÉ One during The Late Late Show's tribute to The Dubliners in 1987. Despite his lingering paralysis he recited "The Lament for Brendan Behan" after which everyone in the studio, led by Ronnie Drew, sang "The Auld Triangle".

Ciarán Bourke died on 10 May 1988 after a long illness. From 1974 until his death he had continued to be paid by the band. A fifth member of the group was not recruited until after his death.

Personal life
Ciarán married Jeannie Bonham on 5 April 1964. Together they had six daughters-Ciara, Laoighse, Síobhra (R.I.P.), Rathfíonna, Saoirse and Seodhna and nine grandchildren Benn, Ceoladh, Jack, Clara, Aoibh, Cairo, Ríona, Phoenix and Daire.

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Talk:List of names of the European Union in the official languages

It's interesting... Are Bulgarian and Romanian already official languages of the EU? (The countries will join the EU only in 2007). Alensha 20:12, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * They aren't. Thanks for pointing out the mistake. — Trilobite (Talk) 21:37, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Catalan
Ooh, when did Catalan become a treaty language? -- Kaihsu 22:17, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC)

 * As far as I'm aware it isn't but there are calls for it to be inlcuded (far more people speak Catalan than official languages like Slovenian and Maltese). If and when Catalan becomes official it can be added to this page but for now I have removed it. This isn't "Names of the European Union in various languages", it's official languages only. — Trilobite (Talk) 22:33, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I removed the part of the sentence that mistakes Catalan as a treaty language, but I think it is nice to have the name in Catalan still included, as there are special considerations for that language in the institutions. – Kaihsu 18:01, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC)

The official name of the European Union in Swedish is "Europeiska unionen", i.e. not unionen with a capital u. /Fredrik

Greek
The Greek name is transliterated in Ancient Greek style as Eurōpaïké Énōsē, but wouldn't Modern Greek pronunciation be Evropekí Énosi?--JWB 12:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


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Carlton Sherwood

Carlton Alex Sherwood (December 16, 1946 – June 11, 2014) was an American journalist who produced the anti-John Kerry film Stolen Honor. Sherwood served on two news teams which were responsible for the award of the Pulitzer Prize and the Peabody Award to their organizations.

After working for the Unification Church-owned Washington Times, he authored Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a book about the United States v. Sun Myung Moon which involved Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the same church.

In 1987, the Blinded American Veterans Foundation established the annual Carlton Sherwood Media Award to recognize "both journalistic excellence and those members of the media who have shown special interest in—and dedication to—the needs and concerns of American veterans."

Early life and career
He was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1946, the son of a naval submarine officer. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and participated in the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. He later attended the University of Maryland. His career as a reporter began at the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1968.

Journalism
Sherwood, John M. Hanchette, and William F. Schmick, were responsible for the Gannett News Service winning the 1980 Pulitzer Prize public service gold medal. The award was for a series investigating a fund-raising scandal involving the Pauline Fathers of Doylestown, Pennsylvania and the Vatican's role in the subsequent cover up. It was the first time this award was given to a wire service.

Sherwood also was part of a team of reporters who documented abuse, neglect, and deaths among children, the aged, and the mentally ill cared for by Oklahoma's Department of Human Services. The investigation culminated with articles published by Gannett, a special report produced by Karen Burns and Bill Lichtenstein which aired on the ABC News Magazine 20/20 entitled "Throwaway Kids" and a report, "Oklahoma Shame", which aired on Gannett-owned TV station KOCO in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The series was honored with a 1982 Peabody Award.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
In a November 1983 four-part series for Gannett-owned Washington, D.C. television station WDMV (now WUSA) Channel 9 called Vietnam Memorial: A Broken Promise?.

 * ...he "raised serious questions regarding the financial propriety" of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, a private organization that raised $9 million to build the wall. Sherwood reported that only $2.6 million had been spent and wanted to know where the rest of the money was.

Bob Doubek, project director for the Fund, said that "It was a hit piece. All of Sherwood's stuff was conjecture, smoke and mirrors." To prevent a lawsuit, the station aired a retraction and donated $50,000 to the Fund. Sherwood was arrested and charged with illegally taping one of the subjects of the report, John P. Wheeler III, chairman of the Fund and special council to the chairman of the SEC. The charges against Sherwood were later dropped. An audit of the Fund by the General Accounting Office, made public in May 1984, concluded that Sherwood's charges regarding the Fund were baseless.

In December, the station refused to air another report by Sherwood criticizing the Fund. Sherwood quit and got a job for The Washington Times at a lower salary. The New York Times headline on this controversy read "Reporter's Project Ruins His Career". (July 17, 1984)

Inquisition
In his book Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Sherwood concluded:
 * "The Unification Church, its leaders and followers were and continue to be the victims of the worst kind of religious prejudice and racial bigotry this country has witnessed in over a century. Moreover, virtually every institution we as Americans hold sacred the Congress, the courts, law enforcement agencies, the press, even the U.S. Constitution itself was prostituted in a malicious, oftentimes brutal manner, as part of a determined effort to wipe out this small but expanding religious movement."

Sherwood's independence from the subject matter, however, was called into question. Sherwood had previously worked for The Washington Times, owned by members of the Unification Church.

In the story "The Resurrection Of Reverend Moon" (January 21, 1992), the PBS television series Frontline produced a copy of a letter addressed to Moon, written by James Gavin, a leader in Moon's Unification Church. Gavin tells Moon he reviewed the "overall tone and factual contents" of the book before publication and suggested revisions. Gavin adds that "Mr. Sherwood has assured me that all this will be done when the manuscript is sent to the publisher." Gavin concludes by telling Moon, "When all of our suggestions have been incorporated, the book will be complete and in my opinion will make a significant impact. ... In addition to silencing our critics now, the book should be invaluable in persuading others of our legitimacy for many years to come."

Pentagon military analyst program
Sherwood was one of 75 members of the Pentagon military analyst program, recruited in 2002 to make appearances in the US media as military analysts while delivering talking points in favor of the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq.

Stolen Honor
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Sherwood wrote and directed the anti-Kerry documentary Stolen Honor, which presented the viewpoints of a number of American Vietnam War veterans who contend that John Kerry's anti-war activities harmed them and depicted Kerry as a traitor. Sherwood told Fox News, "We're all Vietnam combat vets, and we were all slandered and vilified by John Kerry, branded as baby killers." The journalistic standards of this piece were widely called into question. Sinclair Broadcasting planned to broadcast it on the eve of the general election, stating that they considered it to be newsworthy. After the ensuing controversy, Sinclair did not broadcast the film.

Stolen Honor was a project of Sherwood's Red, White and Blue Productions based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, whose public affairs are managed by Quantum Communications, a company owned by lobbyist Charles Gerow. In 2000, Gerow ran on the Republican ticket for Congress. In 2003, he was nominated by President Bush to be a Member of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission. Gerow acted as publicist for the film.

Sherwood sued Kerry, alleging that he was responsible for Sinclair refusing to air the film and for damage to Sherwood's reputation. Kerry created a legal defense fund called Fund for Truth and Honor, a play on the title of Sherwood's film. The lawsuit was dismissed.

Republican appointments
Sherwood formerly worked for Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, whom George W. Bush later appointed as the first Secretary of Homeland Security. Sherwood and Ridge met when Ridge was a Congressman and a key critic of the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Sherwood was reporting negatively on the Memorial Fund. Sherwood currently serves as Executive Vice President and Director of Communications of the WVC3 Group, Inc., an anti-terrorism, security firm headquartered in Reston, VA.

According to his profile on the WVC3 website, Sherwood "served as Special Media Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan Administration."

Death
On June 11, 2014, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from congestive heart failure at the age of 67.

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need some stuff about his work at the Washington Times. also, i saw something about a book he wrote on the Unification Church, probably need that too. Wolfman 20:13, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

does anybody know what sherwood's decorations are? i think we need a full investigation. maybe he didn't really deserve them. where are the witnesses? this guy is pretending he's some kind of hero. i bet he made it all up, probably even went to vietnam just so he could make a big deal of it later. what scum. (see SBVT, for the sarcasm impaired).Fishboy 22:04, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Inquisition book
First, the book is not about Rev. Moon or his church as much as it is about the Federal Government's prosecution of Rev. Moon (and his assistant Mr. Kamiyama).

Second, there are 3 or 4 sentences apparently designed to undermine Sherwood's reputation as an objective journalist. I don't believe it's in accordance with NPOV to have the article make an (implicit) one-sided argument like this. Better to have a particular critic cited as questioning Sherwood's credentials. I don't mind a one-sided argument, as long as it's properly sourced. See attribution. Uncle Ed 15:16, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * The article is rather clumsy overall, but especially the last few sections. I hope someone spends some time editing this. -Willmcw 17:53, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * Did you know it's almost a word for word copy of the Source Watch wiki article? The people who ran that are rabid leftists. Uncle Ed 03:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps, but I don't think going so far in the opposite direction is the right idea. "PBS smear"?  You know that's hardly NPOV. Gamaliel 05:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Quite a bit has been done here and at Stolen Honor to try and make Sherwood look bad. Anything that cuts out some of the excess POV, would improve on this. Rex071404  216.153.214.94 05:27, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * A "smear" is
 * a usually unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization (Merriam-Webster online))
 * If you want to substitute the word charge or accusation be my guest. Uncle Ed 17:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Conflict of interest: Washington Times, Rev. Moon, Inquisition
Cut from article:

 * Sherwood himself had previously worked for the Washington Times, owned by members of the Unification Church.

Why was this in the article? Was it meant to smear Sherwood, or what?

There is no doubt that Sherwood did work at the Washington Times. AFAIK he joined them (in part) to "check them out" but found to his surprise that there was "no story there". Just a nice bunch of guys who didn't drink to excess or cheat on their wives.

This led to his curiousity about why people were saying so many bad things about Rev. Moon. If the guys in the newswroom were decent chaps, why would the paper's founder be bad? (good tree cannot bear bad fruit, etc.) So he started digging into it and found all sorts of surprises.

We really should have an article on his book. I would write it myself, but then Wikipedians might say that Uncle Ed (that's me!) has a conflict of interest. I hardly ever write or even correct any article related to the Unification Church, unless it's in response to someone's request.

Sherwood matters, because he produced a video (Stolen Honor or Stolen Legacy?) critical of Kerry and company. And that relates to the current mess at Winter Soldier Investigation which somebody asked me to take a look at.

Somebody really ought to take a look at the book, instead of relying completely on PBS. Uncle Ed 18:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

recent edits
Ed, you've been on Wikipedia long enough that I shouldn't have to explain NPOV to you. I hope we can hash this out with a minimum of fuss (especially since you're not given to Rex-like howling), but the fact that you insist on inserting obviously loaded phrases like "PBS smear" tells me that you're not even trying to be NPOV.

 * AHEM! This is not a fact. You have apparently overlooked my comment above where I offer to you two (2) different alternatives for smear. Allow me to quote myself:

 * "If you want to substitute the word charge or accusation be my guest."

 * Please don't say that I "insist" on something when I'm not. Ever hear of "won't take YES for an answer?" You've been on Wikipedia long enough to know that I'm a decent, accomodating, non-edit-warring type. So chill out! Sheesh, you act like I'm trying to thwart you or something. Uncle Ed 11:47, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, dealing with someone like Rex puts me on edge, and I go into other potential editorial conflicts thinking it will be more of the same. That and your use of the obviously inappropriate word "smear" had me assuming the worst.  I apologize.  Since you've been patient enough to convince me you're a reasonable fellow, I'll try to act like one as well. Gamaliel 18:03, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Some other issues I have with your edits, not all of which are POV issues:

 * "who made a career out of investigating financial impropriety in religious institutions" - Did he really? This doesn't appear to be the case given what aspects of his career we cover here. Perhaps this is a side-effect of our imbalanced coverage, but I'd still like some substantiation for this.
 * "He uncovered the scandal at Boys Town." Context please.
 * Even if we deal with the above two issues, I still think the intro is terrible, sorry.
 * "have been his lengthy book dissecting the railroading of Rev. Moon".  This is hardly balanced.  A better thing to do would be to just use that quote from Sherwood about why he wrote the book, that way we dodge the POV issues altogether.
 * "Campaign to discredit Sherwood" - This header is loaded, inappropriate, and POV.

I'm going to try to tweak the article a bit, maybe that will get us somewhere. Gamaliel 20:08, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * As for your last 5 points, I agree completely with the first four. I need to dig up the half-remembered pre-Washington Times biographical data on Sherwood, such as the Boys Town investigation. (I might be going senile and confusing Pauline Fathers with Boys Town.)

 * Yes, the intro sucks. But there's no way to have a good intro until the article body is stable and fleshed out. So let's leave the intro till the end.

 * The term railroading should not be used, unless it's a quote from Sherwood or somebody else (and properly cited: like UC members said Moon was railroaded or Rev. Abernathy, an aide of Dr. King, called it a really rotten case of racist railroading)

 * Yes, let's dodge! Just quote people: let them say in their own words why they did what they did.

 * I don't know about the "discredit" header. Let's work on all the other stuff first. Uncle Ed 11:55, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I'm kind of partial to the intro I wrote. ;) I think that will do for now until someone comes along and writes a really good one. Other than that I'm with you on the dodging issue. Gamaliel 18:03, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Moon railroaded
Steven Scott reported:

 * African-Americans have identified with Moon since he served a 13-month federal prison sentence in Danbury, Conn., for tax evasion in the early 1980s.

 * "The support that he got while he was in prison really came from African-American clergy,"

 * said Bill Reed, a tour spokesman in Washington, D.C.

 * "There was a tremendous amount of controversy surrounding his imprisonment. Many thought he had been railroaded into prison because the U.S. government wanted to get him out of the country. African-American ministers saw his plight as being very similar to their plight."

This is obviously not Sherwood speaking, but someone connected with the Unification Church. A "spokesman" for a 46-state speaking tour by Rev. Moon would have to be either a church member or a close supporter. Not a bystander or fence-straddler.

 * I'm not really sure what the point of including this would be, it seems like it would drag this article far too close to becoming a debate on the merits of Rec. Moon and his church as opposed to this book on the church. Gamaliel 18:03, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Rory O'Connor
Rory O'Connor casts doubt on Sherwood's credibility here:

 * Is Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed Messiah, True Father, and major media magnate, out to get John Kerry? Award-winning investigative producer Robert Parry thinks so, and recently laid out his case in a detailed report ("Kerry Attacker Protected Rev. Moon") on his web site.

 * As I reported last week (Sinclair Plays Fast and Loose with the News) Carlton Sherwood, producer of the controversial anti-Kerry film "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," wrote an investigative book in the 1980s looking into the activities of Sun Myung Moon and followers in the Unification Church. In "Inquisition: The Prosecution and Persecution of Reverend Sun Myung Moon," Sherwood concluded that Moon and his associates "were and continued to be the victims of the worst kind of religious prejudice and racial bigotry this country has witnessed in over a century."

 * But, as was revealed in "The Resurrection of Reverend Moon," my 1992 documentary for the PBS Frontline series, there is ample reason to question Sherwood's conclusions, since evidence exists that Moon subsidized the book -- promising to purchase 100,000 copies of Inquisition -- and that he played a role in the creation of it. A letter, addressed to Moon from his aide James Gavin, stated that Gavin had reviewed the "overall tone and factual contents" of Inquisition before publication and had suggested revisions.

 * "Mr. Sherwood has assured me that all this will be done when the manuscript is sent to the publisher," Gavin wrote. "When all of our suggestions have been incorporated, the book will be complete and in my opinion will make a significant impact. In addition to silencing our critics now, the book should be invaluable in persuading others of our legitimacy for many years to come."

I don't know if this consitutes an "attempt to discredit" or not, but he seems to be arguing that:
 * 1) Gavin supports Moon
 * 2) Sherwood let Gavin see his manuscript before publication
 * 3) Sherwood agreed to incorporate revisions suggested by Gavin
 * 4) Sherwood was once employed by a Moonie newspaper
 * 5) Therefore Sherwood's book is nothing but a whitewash of the Moonies and should be discounted and ignored entirely

Sorry, I'm writing this before work and I'm rushed. I'm not sure I've got O'Connor's conclusion exactly write - but he certainly seems anti-Sherwood to me. Uncle Ed 12:13, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Vietnam Memorial
Cut from article:

 * , Sherwood charged that Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund was misspending and stealing money intended for construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Did he actually say "stealing", or did he just note that 9 million minus 2 point something leaves a hefty balance? Uncle Ed 21:53, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Enriched uranium

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I'm making an artical stub for the United States Enrichment Corpoation ( USEC ) that will link here.
 * Quinobi 20:14, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

SWU (separative work unit)
I am moving this topic to Isotope separation where I think it will make a bit more sense when one sees it in context. DV8 2XL 02:35, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Na, I decided not to and expanded it here. DV8 2XL 04:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

How can a material like "depleted" uranium, with same number of nucleons and all the same composition as U-238, of course still being U-238, suddenly become less radioactive whether or not U-235 has been extracted or enriched? This makes no sense because if the Uranium were to lose its unstable properties it would move down the decay chain to something else; what you have described is physically impossible. U-238 is U-238; probably you are following some pro-military mandate to claim uranium is something different than uranium. Don't be fooled into thinking depleted uranium is in any way depleted; because it's still uranium.
 * The term depleted uranium means the stock has been depleted of all or most of its inventory of U-235. The term was not used in any other matter. DV8 2XL 00:39, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Natural uranium is composed of U-238, U-235 and U-234. Depleted uranium has most of the U-235 and U-234 removed. Because of their shorter half lives, both of these are more radioactive than U-238.  Even though U-234 is only 0.006% of natural uranium, its radioactivity is the same as the much larger amount of U-238. pstudier 17:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Weapons from enriched uranium
I have restored my recent edits about weapons, which were rudely removed with the edit summary "nonsence."

There are no sourced statements in this entire article, so faulting my edits on that basis is absurd.

However, if one needs a primer, one needs to search no further than wikiarticle critical mass. Here we learn that implosion and beryllium reflectors can allow assembly of a supercritical mass from an amount of material that would be subcritical as a bare sphere.

As for dirty bombs from 20% or less enriched uranium, U-235 having a 700 million year half-life, I guess you could make a dirt bomb from it. It just wouldn't kill anyone. You could also stuff a wad of paper into a straw and spit it at a tank, and call it an anti-tank weapon. Give Peace A Chance 17:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * That just doesn't belong in this article. See your discussion page. --DV8 2XL 17:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Then make your freakin edit summary state that you think it doesn't belong, not that it is "nonsence." Give Peace A Chance 18:20, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You will still have to provide a reference - see the section at the bottom of the article for the citations for the rest of the topic. I will give you a few hours before removing your edits - but they will be removed, if not by me then the others who watch this page if you don't provide refs.--DV8 2XL 18:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. The dirty bomb statements don't belong here either, since it only applies to used fuel, not the enrichment process. --DV8 2XL 18:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

2010
It seems these unsourced statements challenged above have been here since 2006. Since no sources have been added during these four years I strongly propose removing the statements as they are. Until then I'll add a simple [citation needed] for clarification Troed (talk) 15:22, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

 * I disagree strongly. The statements are essentially correct, and it should not be hard to find citations.  It would be useful to add a figure showing bare critical mass as a function of enrichment.  But if we deleted all statements that were uncited in this article, there would be precious little left.  Evidently the dirty bomb statements have been removed, and it sounds like they were "nonsense." NPguy (talk) 02:52, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

 * Well if there are any citations that easy to find I suggest adding them - it's not up to us to judge whether the info is correct or not. I do agree with your suggestion of an explanatory picture - but the opinion that an article, just because it's currently badly written, shouldn't uphold Wikipedia concepts like WP:OR and WP:RS is a bit harder to accept. Troed (talk) 22:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

 * There's not much in this article that is sourced, so there's no reason to pick on this section, particularly since it's not wrong. Here is a citation that supports the claims and has a nice graph to boot. NPguy (talk) 02:06, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm sourcing. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 02:16, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Now multiply sourced, including NPguy's one. FYI - RS doesn't require every statement in Wikipedia to be sourced. RS is an implementation policy for our core verifyability policy, aka WP:V.  WP:V focuses on statements which are likely to be challenged:
 * This page in a nutshell: Any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation.
 * Obviously, Troed brought a challenge. But for a number of years the statements weren't.
 * I am sort of curious where you were coming from in making the challenge, Troed. What did you think was inaccurate?  What gave you the impression that it was likely to be inaccurate?
 * Obviously, not everyone's a uranium nuclear weapons design expert (cough) but the article here is using the same info widely available in the nonproliferation community, nuclear engineering community, NPT treaty and IAEA operating regulations / etc. I'm somewhat suprised that anyone who is interested in this would find it questionable...
 * You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I am curious.
 * Thanks...
 * Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 02:37, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sourcing, I have no opinions on the subject whatsoever myself and was seriously just looking for verification. The numbers on this page were used in a debate and I have a habit of wanting to verify information off Wikipedia by going to the listed sources. In this case there were none, and when there was an existing discussion on the talk page I got suspicious. This discussion and the conclusion is an excellent example of Wikipedia working as it should :) Rejoice. Troed (talk) 10:41, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Countries
Would be nice if someone could add a reference about which countries uses this technology. thks

Is this the place to express my surprise that North Korea doesn't seem to be referenced? I am not a specialist, just a general reader and am not too familiar with the system, so apologies if I am treading on any toes here. Dawright12 (talk) 11:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes. I have added a reference. NPguy (talk) 17:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Dead Link
It appears that the "Uranium enrichment (PDF, 651 KB)" link is dead. Can someone fix or remove this? ~Anon

LEU caption wrong, surely?
I don't believe the caption on the "Low-enriched uranium powder" photo is correct. Uranium oxide is that nice yellow colour, but LEU is a metal; that's just a bucket of yellowcake. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 13:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I fixed this. I also changed another photo caption from 'highly enriched uranium' to 'uranium metal. There is no visual difference in uranium metal regardless of isotopic composition. I didn't go any further, 'Enriched uranium' is not the place to go into chemical processing steps from oxide to metal. Murray Baker. --210.84.59.171 13:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, but the HEU picture actually is of an HEU billet, so it is worth pointing that out in the HEU, even if it looks the same as regular uranium metal. Better to give more information than less. --Fastfission 13:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Redirect
"Enrichment of Uranium should redirect to this page.  N i g h t F a l c o n 9 0 9  0 9 '  T a l k  18:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I disagree. I suggest that a separate article is needed on "Enrichment of uranium", starting with content that is currently in this article. --orlady 15:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Uranium enrichment as contributor to global warming?
Got a couple of claims here from anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott that "the [Department of Energy] and the EPA [will tell you] that, at the moment, the process of uranium enrichment for fuel for nuclear power releases huge quantities of CO2. ... Meanwhile, the enrichment of uranium is responsible for [over 90 percent] of the CFC-114 gas released into the air in the U.S. ... CFC gas is 10,000 to 20,000 times more potent as a global warmer and heat trapper than CO2." (brackets in original) -- http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/05/03/dicum-caldicott/ -- Can anybody confirm or deny these assertions? -- Writtenonsand 23:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Argentina
Argentina doesn't have an enriched uranium production at commercial levels. In fact, all Argentina's reactors are of CANDU type, using natural uranium as its fuel.Agre22 (talk) 14:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)agre22

 * Argentina does have a safeguarded gaseous diffusion enrichment plant at Plicaniiyeu, which is shut down. NPguy (talk) 03:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Pilcaniyeu plant was reopened on 2010  --Jor70 (talk) 03:46, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Enriched_uranium#Separation_of_Isotopes_by_Laser_Excitation_.28SILEX.29
Care should be taken with the information that a viable commercial process has been developed with respect to Enriched_uranium. The source, The New York Times, is notorious for its close relationship with United States intelligence agencies. The source itself says that no independent verification is possible. It is quite possible the story is a fabrication. User:Fred Bauder Talk 17:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Dubious claim of enriched uranium use in Lebanon
An editor recently added a section on "Contamination as a result of the 2006 Lebanon War." This section makes the claim that:

 * Soil and water samples were collected from Khiam in the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon War. Of 15 samples, two contained high levels of undepleted uranium and four samples contained low-enriched uranium.

citing the source Evidence of Enriched Uranium in Guided Weapons Employed by the Israeli Military in Lebanon in July 2006, by C. Busby and D. Williams. The paper itself is suspect, as it claims uranium isotopic ratios only slightly above natural and describes (but does not contain) a statistical analysis showing that this difference is significant even though the analyses of some of the quality control samples show similar deviations from the expected isotopic ratios. Furthermore, the paper has been debunked by this report and is not supported by this UN assessment.

Based on this, I conclude that the claim is not reliable and will delete this new section. NPguy (talk) 15:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Where does the
The article gives the following in the definition of SWUs. The link it gives for value functions is not helpful in understanding this.

 * $$V(x) = (1 - 2x) \ln \left(\frac{1 - x}{x}\right)$$

Someone told me this is a "separation potential" in chemistry. I really have no idea what leads to this equation, I think it would be valuable for the article. Can anyone help? Alan Rominger (talk) 22:26, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

The Main Article Graphic Appears To Be Designed For Propaganda Purposes
LEU is 3-19.75% Not 3-4% As it currently appears in the graphic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toyotabedzrock (talk • contribs) 20:00, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't understand how this could be considered propaganda. It is merely an illustration of the most common forms of uranium in use.  If you have a different proposal for this graphic, please explain. NPguy (talk) 17:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

File:HEUraniumC.jpg to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:HEUraniumC.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 19, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-12-19. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! — howcheng  {chat} 17:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Too many "could"s and other problems
From the "Grades" section: The coulds/woulds here imply that these applications/effects are merely theoretical. If so, more explanation is required to clarify. Also, the first sentence needs to be rewritten for grammar, but as I am not a subject matter expert, I wasn't sure what the intended meaning was. The last sentence could use some work as well - "one of the more mobile and troublesome radionuclides" does not sound very encyclopedic, but again, not sure how best to improve it. --Fru1tbat (talk) 17:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * "Fuel designed with SEU could provide additional benefits such as safety improvements or operational flexibility, normally the benefits were considered in safety area while retaining the same operational envelope."
 * "RepU recovered from light water reactor (LWR) spent fuel typically contains slightly more U-235 than natural uranium, and therefore could be used to fuel reactors that customarily use natural uranium as fuel."
 * "[...] creating neptunium-237 which would be one of the more mobile and troublesome radionuclides in deep geological repository disposal of nuclear waste."

 * The first point is clearly muddled. I think the idea is that loading SEU at the periphery allows a more even power density across the core and allows the reactor to operate at the same overall power with lower peak power density.  Can someone confirm?

 * The second is largely hypothetical. The Russian RBMK reactors use reprocessed uranium from VVER spent fuel, but according to this article this is blended with highly enriched uranium to an enrichment of 2.4%, according to this article.  A related fuel cycle involves the Direct Use of PWR Spent Fuel in CANDU reactors (DUPIC), without reprocessing.  This has been tested in South Korea at the level of individual pellets.

 * The third could perhaps be more precise, the point being that Np-237 is the main contributor to the radiotoxiity (a combination of intrinsic, environmental, and biological factors that provides a measure of radiation hazard) of spent fuel in time frames of hundreds of thousands of years. NPguy (talk) 19:28, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Wrong Translations
Enriched uranium is a product - the German translation is "angereichertes Uran". Enrichment ist the process - the German translation is "Anreicherung" - this is the difference. --Fmrauch (talk) 18:27, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

In French there is the same problem ! --Fmrauch (talk) 19:14, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

HEU
"Highly enriched uranium (HEU) has a greater than 20% concentration of 235U or 233U".

This is WRONG for U-233 but correct for U-235. The LEU-HEU boundary is at about 11% to 12% for U-233. I am researching it and will get back to this page if I find an exact figure.

Actually, it should read "greater than or equal to" since the highest concentration of LEU for U-235 is considered to be 19.875%.

Tyrerj (talk) 07:22, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

HEU Uranium-233 is greater than or equal to 12% (by weight)

LEU Uranium-233 is less than 12& (by weight)

Reference:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: DEFINITION OF WEAPONS-USABLE URANIUM-233

Tyrerj (talk) 07:52, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

 * Actually, this is not correct either. The Oak Ridge paper cited above makes the argument that HEU should be defined in this way, but the only established definition of HEU is uranium with 20% or more U-235.  See the IAEA Safeguards Glossary.  There is no established definition involving U-233 composition, in large part because U-233 is produced not by enrichment but by irradiation of thorium. NPguy (talk) 19:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Could we say what % enrichment HEU is used in US military reactors eg subs and aircraft carriers
Could we say what % enrichment HEU is used in US military reactors eg in submarines and aircraft carriers ? It seems the NERVA reactors for rocket engines used 100% U-235 (Is it still called HEU?). - Rod57 (talk) 14:31, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

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