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decommission Definition

de·com·mis·sion (dē′kə mis̸h′ən)

transitive verb

  1. to revoke the commission of
  2. to take (a ship, nuclear power plant, etc.) out of service

decommission Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • weaponry: Local Ulster Unionist assembly member Joan Carson said the discovery underlined the need for decommissioning of illegal weaponry.
  • reactor: It is now likely the reactor will close in November, marking the start to the decommissioning of all power reactors in the country.
  • arm: One was that decommissioning of arms must occur prior to all-party negotiations.
  • weapon: Kelly spoke also about the talks with British officials around the demand for a decommissioning of IRA weapons.
  • station: Estimates for decommissioning of the current BE stations are in the region of £ 5-6 billion.
  • plant: BNFL is the world leader in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants.

Object

  • submarine: The UK will have at least 10 decommissioned submarines by the 2008 review.
  • reactor: The Italian government has 235 tons of spent fuel from the country's long decommissioned reactors in deteriorating stores.
  • liability: Even without the older Magnox reactors, British Energy's decommissioning liabilities are estimated at GBP10 billion with greater uncertainty over waste disposal costs.
  • weapon: Rushcliffe Country Park is built on the site of a former Ministry of Defense Depot which was used for storing decommissioned weapons.
  • cost: Also we've not mentioned decommissioning costs, which are a cost still to come.
  • waste: CoRWM are also considering a fourth option in relation to a limited range of wastes: Near surface disposal of reactor decommissioning waste.

Used with why or when

  • that: Devise an alternative method of decommissioning that does not require additional access.

Modifying Another Word

  • prior: By mid-June, the demand for decommissioning prior to Sinn Féin's entry into talks was dropped.
  • finally: Stocks of munitions were reduced after the war and the site was finally decommissioned and closed in 1961.
  • recently: The subject of a new book, Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic, the original Norlantean was decommissioned recently.
  • now: The now decommissioned Concorde had visited EDI numerous times.
  • fully: Once fully decommissioned, the site could facilitate rural business use or residential development.
  • not: Twenty two of theses tanks had been erected on the Ryelands site between 1929 and 1935 and they were not decommissioned until 1999.

Preposition: by

  • IRA: Successive British governments have sought final and complete decommissioning by the IRA for over ten years.