decommissioning

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decommissioning [dē·kə′mish·ən·iŋ]

(nucleonics)

The process of shutting down a nuclear facility such as a nuclear reactor or reprocessing plant so as to provide adequate protection from radiation exposure and to isolate radioactive contamination from the human environment.

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No references found			Secretary of State Shaun Woodward said the UDA - and their breakaway faction in South East Antrim - have given the commitment to the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. UDA to give up weapons by February; ARMS by The Mirror (London, England) The Ulster Defence Association and its breakaway faction have given the undertaking to the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD), Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward said. Last loyalist paramilitaries vow to give up arms in NIreland by AFP / AFP European Edition Byline: OWEN HUGHES INCREASED electricity sales from Wylfa power station has helped the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority earn pounds 2bn in commercial income last year - up pounds 517m on the previous 12 months. Wylfa helps net pounds 2billion for NDA by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			declination variometer Declination, Magnetic declining population declinometer Declinometer, Magnetic declivity DECmate DECmate I DECmcc DECnet Decoction decode Decoder decoder circuit decoding gate decoherence decoking decollator décollement decolonization decolorize decolorizer decolorizing carbon decometer decomino decommissioning decommutation decommutator Decompensation decompiler decomposable process Decomposed Petri Net Decomposer decomposition decomposition potential Decomposition Reactions decomposition voltage decompound decompress decompression decompression chamber decompression illness decompression sickness Decompression Sicknesses decompression table deconcentrator decongestant deconstruction Deconstructivist architecture Decontaminants Decontamination			decolorization decolorize decolorize decolorize decolorized decolorized decolorizer decolorizer decolorizer decolorizes decolorizes decolorizing decolorizing decolorizing carbon decolour decolourise decolourize DECOM DECOM Control Memory decombing decometer DECOMG decomino decommission decommission decommission decommission decommissioned decommissioned decommissioned decommissioning Decommissioning (disambiguation) Decommissioning (disambiguation) Decommissioning Consulting Services Limited Decommissioning Consulting Services Ltd. Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group Decommissioning Funding Plan Decommissioning Management System and Database Project Decommissioning Operations Contractor Decommissioning Project Readiness Review Decommissioning, Decontamination and Reutilization Division decommissions decommissions decommit decommutation Decommutator Decomp Decomp Decomp Decomp Decomp decompartmentalization decompartmentalize decompensate decompensate decompensate Decompensated Decompensated Decompensated Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease decompensated heart failure

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