Decommissioning
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Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from an active status, and may refer to:
Infrastructure
[edit]- Decommissioned offshore of oilfield facilities after production has stopped, reached uneconomical levels or infrastructure is no longer maintainable or safe
- Decommissioned highway of portions no longer part of the road network due to disuse or degradation
- Greenfield status of former industrial sites such as brownfield no longer in use or mining sites after closure
- Nuclear decommissioning after a reactor has been retired due to an accident or become inefficient and no longer meets power output demand (fuel rods eventually do get spent)
Military
[edit]- Decommissioning in Northern Ireland of paramilitary weapons
- Decommissioning pennant, where a navy ship wears an extremely long commissioning pennant at the end of its commission overseas
- Demobilization of soldiers
- Disarmament
- Ship-Submarine Recycling Program for U.S. nuclear vessels