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Decommissioning includes all steps as described in the decommissioning plan, leading to the release of a nuclear facility from regulatory control. The decommissioning plan is fulfilled when the approved end state of the facility has been reached. Disposal facilities for radioactive waste are closed rather than decommissioned. The use of the ...
Nuclear decommissioning, the process of closing a nuclear facility; Decommissioned highway, a disused road or one removed of numbered highway status; Greenfield status, a decommissioned industrial site considered back to its pre-establishment condition
SAFSTOR is a nuclear decommissioning method in which a nuclear power plant or facility governed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is "placed and maintained in a condition that allows the facility to be safely stored and subsequently decontaminated (deferred decontamination) to levels that permit release for unrestricted use". [1]
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) [a] was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (and its successor state, the Russian Federation).
Nuclear disarmament groups include the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Greenpeace, Soka Gakkai International, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Mayors for Peace, Global Zero, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
The debate about nuclear power peaked during the 1970s and 1980s, when it "reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies", in some countries. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] Proponents of nuclear energy argue that nuclear power is a sustainable energy source which reduces carbon emissions and can increase energy security if its ...
[6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9] In the following two years, Quizlet reached its 1,000,000th registered user. [10] Until 2011, Quizlet shared staff and financial resources with the Collectors Weekly website. [11]
A church building in Katoomba, Australia, converted into a restaurant. Deconsecration, also referred to as decommissioning or secularization (a term also used for confiscation of church property), [1] is the removal of a religious sanction and blessing from something that had been previously consecrated for spiritual use.