0 past simple and past participle of decommission --
1 to take equipment or weapons out of use: --
It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.
The government has decided to decommission two battleships.
There are also major concerns about the storage and disposal of decommissioned submarines, for example, and their environmental impact.
Even if we decommissioned all our nuclear plants tomorrow, we would have to treat our nuclear waste.
No decisions have yet been taken on the preferred disposal route for reactors from decommissioned nuclear sub-marines.
Our policy remains that when nuclear-powered sumarines have been decommissioned the hulls are stored afloat at a suitable berth, pending eventual disposal.
Our policy remains that when nuclear-powered submarines have been decommissioned the hulls should be stored afloat at a suitable berth, pending eventual disposal.
Of these, one is stored afloat and three are being, or are about to be, decommissioned.
The safety of used fuel cores, both on board decommissioned submarines and stored on land, has been confirmed by rigorous independent safety assessments.
Various options for the disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines remain under consideration.
