*I didn’t pick up any issue with overly close paraphrasing from the sources I read but the Earwig copyright violation detector shows you should probably rephrase some bits, though I acknowledge that sometimes the technical language doesn’t leave much flexibility:
*I didn’t pick up any issue with overly close paraphrasing from the sources I read but the Earwig copyright violation detector shows you should probably rephrase some bits, though I acknowledge that sometimes the technical language doesn’t leave much flexibility:
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| The principal function of the Sampling Plant was to weigh, sample, classify and sort representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
| The principal function of the Sampling Plant was to weigh, sample, classify and sort representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
| At one time, the principal function of the Sampling Plant was to obtain representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
| At one time, the principal function of the Sampling Plant was to obtain representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
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| The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produced “green salt” (uranium tetrafluoride – ) from uranium trioxide. Green salt was the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal, the
| The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produced “green salt” (uranium tetrafluoride – ) from uranium trioxide. Green salt was the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal, the
| The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produces green salt (UF,) from UO,. Green salt is the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal.
| The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produces green salt (UF,) from UO,. Green salt is the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal.
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
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|In 1970, a safe-geometry digestion system was installed to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% uranium-235.
|In 1970, a safe-geometry digestion system was installed to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% uranium-235.
|In 1970, FMPC installed a safe-geometry digestion system to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% U-235
|In 1970, FMPC installed a safe-geometry digestion system to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% U-235
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/SiteDocs/109501.pdf Westinghouse citation] on right
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|The Fernald (Residents) Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) is a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles of the perimeter of the Fernald site,
|The Fernald (Residents) Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) is a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles of the perimeter of the Fernald site,
|The Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) was a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles from the perimeter of a former US Department of Energy uranium-processing site.
|The Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) was a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles from the perimeter of a former US Department of Energy uranium-processing site.
|Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
|Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
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|Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all FMMP participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 100,000 one-ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at −80 °C since then.
|Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all FMMP participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 100,000 one-ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at −80 °C since then.
|Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 160,000 1 ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at minus 80 degrees C since then.
|Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 160,000 1 ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at minus 80 degrees C since then.
|Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
|Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
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|Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and many local roads were narrow and unpaved.
|Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and many local roads were narrow and unpaved.
|Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and local roadways were often narrow and unpaved.
|Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and local roadways were often narrow and unpaved.
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://web.archive.org/web/20170216171134/https://www.lm.doe.gov/land/sites/oh/fernald_orig/50th/coldw.htm Cold War – Complete Story] on right
|Wikipedia text on left and [https://web.archive.org/web/20170216171134/https://www.lm.doe.gov/land/sites/oh/fernald_orig/50th/coldw.htm Cold War – Complete Story] on right
::{{tick}} These have been removed. Most of what is left is proper nouns. Earwig score is reduced to 33.8% [[User:Hawkeye7|<span style=”color:#800082″>Hawkeye7</span>]] [[User_talk:Hawkeye7|<span style=”font-size:80%”>(discuss)</span>]] 19:40, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
::{{tick}} These have been removed. Most of what is left is proper nouns. Earwig score is reduced to 33.8% [[User:Hawkeye7|<span style=”color:#800082″>Hawkeye7</span>]] [[User_talk:Hawkeye7|<span style=”font-size:80%”>(discuss)</span>]] 19:40, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
*There is a typo of “Fernand” for “Fernald” in citation 22
*There is a typo of “Fernand” for “Fernald” in citation 22
*There is a missing space between “Plant” and “1” in citation 25
*There is a missing space between “Plant” and “1” in citation 25
*: {{tick}} Corrected. [[User:Hawkeye7|<span style=”color:#800082″>Hawkeye7</span>]] [[User_talk:Hawkeye7|<span style=”font-size:80%”>(discuss)</span>]] 19:40, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
*: {{tick}} Corrected. [[User:Hawkeye7|<span style=”color:#800082″>Hawkeye7</span>]] [[User_talk:Hawkeye7|<span style=”font-size:80%”>(discuss)</span>]] 19:40, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
===3.Broad in its coverage===
===3.Broad in its coverage===
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Nominator: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 19:54, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Dumelow (talk · contribs) 06:56, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
Hi Hawkeye7, I enjoyed reviewing your A-class submission on the Manhattan Project feed materials program so would be glad to take this on. This is my first GA review so please bear with me! – Dumelow (talk) 06:56, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- Background
- “However, when Mallinckrodt opened a new plant in 1949, the AEC decided to cease using the Niagara Falls plant”
- Presumably this was producing uranium metal? Might be worth just mentioning this to make it clear.
- Presumably this was producing uranium metal? Might be worth just mentioning this to make it clear.
- Site selection
- “At least 1 square mile (2.6 km2) of flat land”
- You use acres a fair bit later on so would be helpful to
- Using the measurements in the sources. In the old measurements, an acre was a furlong x a chain, so a square mile was 8 x 8 x 10 = 640 acres. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:22, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- You use acres a fair bit later on so would be helpful to
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- Thanks, I switched to conversion template to output both acres and hectares if you are happy with that? – Dumelow (talk) 11:20, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
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- “It was close to Cincinnati, where there was large labor force and ample housing for the technical personnel who would have to be drawn from other parts of the country.”
- Missing “a” before “large”?
- Missing “a” before “large”?
- Construction
- Production
- Plant 1: “In 1970, a safe-geometry digestion system was installed”
- What did this digester produce? If it was uranyl nitrate, did this mean that plant 1 took on part of the work of plant 2/3?
- What did this digester produce? If it was uranyl nitrate, did this mean that plant 1 took on part of the work of plant 2/3?
- Plant 2/3: “Here uranium values were recovered from feed materials (i.e., ores, concentrates and residues) and were converted to concentrated uranium trioxide (UO3)”
- I am not familiar with this use of “values”, is there an alternative word we can use, or a link/definition you can add?
- I am not familiar with this use of “values”, is there an alternative word we can use, or a link/definition you can add?
- “The process at Fernald differed from that of Harshaw in that it used a series of “pulse columns” to mix and separate the uranyl nitrate and solvent”
- Do we know what Harshaw used?
- Unfortunately not. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:22, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- Do we know what Harshaw used?
- Plant 4: “Orange oxide was received from the Refinery in mobile hoppers, and was fed into stainless steel fluidized bed reactor s”
- Extraneous space between “reactor” and “s”?
- The two uses in this section are the only mention of “orange oxide” in the article, presumably this is a synonym for “orange salt” used elsewhere and we should change to that for consistency?
- “After about four hours a thermite-type reduction reaction occurs”
- You’ve already mentioned this was a thermite reaction earlier in the section so probably don’t need to again? If you keep it thermite needs delinking at second mention.
- You’ve already mentioned this was a thermite reaction earlier in the section so probably don’t need to again? If you keep it thermite needs delinking at second mention.
- “stored awaiting processing for reuse as refractory liner.”
- Might be worth linking Refractory? You state the slag is “transferred back to the reduction area for use” as a refractory liner, is this the thermite reduction in Plant 5 or the hydrogen reduction in Plant 4? We haven’t mentioned refractory use before so would be worth stating where it is used.
- Might be worth linking Refractory? You state the slag is “transferred back to the reduction area for use” as a refractory liner, is this the thermite reduction in Plant 5 or the hydrogen reduction in Plant 4? We haven’t mentioned refractory use before so would be worth stating where it is used.
- “Standard and depleted uranium metal derbies weighed about 168 kilograms; enriched derbies were smaller, weighing about 236 kilograms.”
- You’ve not mentioned the difference between these before. Was there any difference in the process for making each type?
- You’ve not mentioned the difference between these before. Was there any difference in the process for making each type?
- Plant 6: “The FMPC had the equipment for rolling, forming, and machining uranium rods and slugs, but from 1971 on from they were sent offsite to Reactive Metals Inc. (RMI) in Ashtabula, Ohio, for extrusion into tubes and rods. A lathe was used to cut the tubes and rods into the appropriate length.They were then stamped for identification purposes, cleaned and degreased.”
- Was the cutting to length etc. done at Plant 6 or at RMI?
- Was the cutting to length etc. done at Plant 6 or at RMI?
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- Was this the uranium hexafluoride produced in Plant 4? If so, might be worth mentioning?
- The actual process isn’t detailed at all here, while the other processes are. Is there a reason why?
- Because it only operated for a short time and so is not covered by the source. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- “when it was imploded twice in 1994”
- Any reason why it was imploded twice, did the first time fail or was it planned?
- The source says “Plant 7 was the first major production plant demolished, requiring two separate implosions to bring the seven-story structure to the ground.” Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Any reason why it was imploded twice, did the first time fail or was it planned?
- Plant 8
- No comments here, except perhaps (if not too complicate) a quick summary of the conversion process from scrap to black oxide, or is this the washing, furnaces, kilns etc. mentioned later?
- Plant 9
- The first paragraph starts off discussing uranium production then says Plant 9 was built to produce thorium. I was left a bit confused as to if it was doing both or started off on thorium before being used to produce enriched uranium. The thorium process isn’t detailed at all.
- The first paragraph starts off discussing uranium production then says Plant 9 was built to produce thorium. I was left a bit confused as to if it was doing both or started off on thorium before being used to produce enriched uranium. The thorium process isn’t detailed at all.
- Pilot Plant
- Perhaps would be worth mentioning more about the thorium process used here?
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- Health and safety
- “Releases from the Fernald site to the surrounding area resulted in exposure to community residents included ionizing radiation, soluble and insoluble forms of uranium, and various other hazardous chemicals.”
- Doesn’t read right to me. Perhaps “… the exposure of community residents to ionizing radiation…”
- Doesn’t read right to me. Perhaps “… the exposure of community residents to ionizing radiation…”
- “funded by settlements of class action litigation against National Lead of Ohio”
- Duplicate link on National Lead. You’ve also already established that they were under contract to the AEC. If we bring DoE into it, maybe mention that it was a successor to the AEC?
- Duplicate link on National Lead. You’ve also already established that they were under contract to the AEC. If we bring DoE into it, maybe mention that it was a successor to the AEC?
- “Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all FMMP participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 100,000 one-ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at −80 °C since then”
- Think “ml” needs a conversion or at least spelling out, also aliquot is not a common term. You could perhaps just remove that bit and say “100,000 samples” or similar?
- Think “ml” needs a conversion or at least spelling out, also aliquot is not a common term. You could perhaps just remove that bit and say “100,000 samples” or similar?
- “believed that he was murdered by one or more coworkers who suspected him of being a whistleblower in the 1984 nuclear emissions scandal”
- The emissions scandal isn’t mentioned until the next section so this came as a surprise. You could perhaps bring the first sentence of “Fernald Closure Project” into the “Contamination” section?
- The emissions scandal isn’t mentioned until the next section so this came as a surprise. You could perhaps bring the first sentence of “Fernald Closure Project” into the “Contamination” section?
- Fernald Closure Project
- Perhaps mention whichever plant took over the DoE’s feed material production and when?
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- Nothing. By about 1965 the US had enough nuclear weapons and started decommissioning the production complex built in the 1950s. New nuclear weapons now use material recycled from earlier ones. US nuclear power plants source uranium from overseas. [1] Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:32, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- “Low-level waste was shipped to Waste Control Specialists in Texas”
- Begs the question where did high-level waste go, but perhaps not known?
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- Fernald Preserve
- “With the $4.4 billion cleanup of the surface areas was completed, management of the site was transferred to DOE’s Office of Legacy Management on 17 November 2006.”
- Think the first “was” needs deleting here?
- Think the first “was” needs deleting here?
- “The site is permanently unfit for human habitation and “will have to be closely monitored essentially forever””
Prose review complete, will look at the other five criteria soon
2. Verifiable with no original research
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- There doesn’t seem to be any particular order that the general references are listed in either (author name, date…)
- Are these general references by the definition of WP:GENREF or should this be “further reading”?
- Sources are cited inline throughout and all look to be reliable.
- Spotchecks:
- the front page of the 31 March 1951 edition of The Cincinnati Times-Star announced that the AEC was planning to “build a $3 million uranium ore refining plant near Fernald.” checks out to citation 16, though for completeness if an archive of the Cincinnati Times-Star was available it would be good to cite that also.
- “Between 1954 and 1975, the FMPC occasionally produced small quantities of thorium metal in Plant 8, Plant 9 and the Pilot Plant” checks out to citation 23
- “The operating temperate of each was higher than the one before, with the first operating at about 149 °C (300 °F) and the third at around 649 °C (1,200 °F)” checks out to citation 34
- “The plant was demolished in 2003” checks out to citation 45
- “However, some, including Bocks’ family, believed that he was murdered by one or more coworkers who suspected him of being a whistleblower in the 1984 nuclear emissions scandal” is mostly supported by citation 55 but only to this extent: “Some suspected Bocks was murdered for allegedly being a whistleblower, but no evidence of foul play was ever officially recorded”. citation 56 doesn’t load for me.
- It is available from Wayback machine but I could not see its value, so removed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:03, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- “Fluor Fernald completed their portion of the cleanup on 29 October 2006, 12 years ahead of schedule and $7.8 billion below the original cost estimate.” I couldn’t verify the cost or time saving. citation 61 didn’t load for me, I don’t think citation 62 holds any useful information at all and citation 63 supports the date only.
- Quote: “will have to be closely monitored essentially forever” checks out to citation 66
- I didn’t pick up any issue with overly close paraphrasing from the sources I read but the Earwig copyright violation detector shows you should probably rephrase some bits, though I acknowledge that sometimes the technical language doesn’t leave much flexibility:
The principal function of the Sampling Plant was to weigh, sample, classify and sort representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
At one time, the principal function of the Sampling Plant was to obtain representative samples of the large quantities of incoming ore concentrates.
—Wikipedia text on left and Westinghouse citation on right
The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produced “green salt” (uranium tetrafluoride – ) from uranium trioxide. Green salt was the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal, the
The Green Salt Plant, the common name for Plant 4, produces green salt (UF,) from UO,. Green salt is the key intermediate compound in the overall process of producing uranium metal.
—Wikipedia text on left and Westinghouse citation on right
In 1970, a safe-geometry digestion system was installed to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% uranium-235.
In 1970, FMPC installed a safe-geometry digestion system to process enriched uranium materials assaying up to 5% U-235
—Wikipedia text on left and Westinghouse citation on right
The Fernald (Residents) Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) is a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles of the perimeter of the Fernald site,
The Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) was a voluntary ongoing medical surveillance program for community residents living within five miles from the perimeter of a former US Department of Energy uranium-processing site.
—Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all FMMP participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 100,000 one-ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at −80 °C since then.
Samples of whole blood, serum, plasma and urine were obtained from all participants at the time of the initial examination, and over 160,000 1 ml aliquots of these biospecimens have been stored at minus 80 degrees C since then.
—Wikipedia text on left and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine citation on right
Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and many local roads were narrow and unpaved.
Most residents received their water from wells or cisterns, many farms had no electricity, and local roadways were often narrow and unpaved.
—Wikipedia text on left and Cold War – Complete Story on right
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3.Broad in its coverage
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Yes, the article covers a complex topic well and in an appropriate level of detail
Yes, I picked up no issues with neutrality. Though please review the issue with verifiability of the accusations of murder in section 2.
I found no evidence of recent editing disputes, some disputes on talk page about tone and neutrality but these are at least 8 years old and look to have been addressed by more recent edits.
- The article is well illustrated with relevant images. Most images are from PD DoE sources, the image in “Fernald Preserve” has been uploaded and appropriately licensed by its author.
- The linked source for File:Fluor Fernald Workers.jpg is dead, perhaps it can be rescued by an archive link.
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- Thanks for checking, I think better to leave the deadlink there but worth adding the new link also to support – Dumelow (talk) 21:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
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That completes my review, probably a bit in depth for GA but if you take this onward to ACR I’d be happy to look over again and wouldn’t have much further to add – Dumelow (talk) 16:59, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
Looks good, passed for GA – Dumelow (talk) 06:07, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
