retire, remove from active service
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Decommissioning Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The process of closing down a facility followed by reducing residual radioactivity to a level that permits the release of the property for unrestricted use (see 10 CFR 20.1003).
A service to the public by The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Retirement of a nuclear facility, including decontamination and/or dismantlement.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2006Decommissioning Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from active status. Specific instances include:
- Infrastructure
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Decommissioning Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Verb
1. withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"
(hypernym) recall, call in, call back, withdraw
