decommission
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“Offshore oil in California is a nightmare. The regulatory and reputational risks are off the charts,” said Robert Collier, CEO of BlueLift, a company that specializes in decommissioning offshore platforms.
About 10 reactors are up and running, 24 reactors are being decommissioned.
From Seattle Times
So why is the huge West Burton A facility, still apparently of use to the UK's energy supply, being decommissioned - and what will keep the lights on once it is gone?
From BBC
Mr. Wortman had also acquired four decommissioned mounted-police cruisers from the federal government’s online asset disposal site; he restored one, complete with the force’s logos and an emergency light bar.
From New York Times
It went out of use in the 1960s and is now being cleared as part of the wider Sellafield decommissioning programme.
From BBC
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