decontamination

Example Sentences

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The shelters feature a main door that seals hermetically and a decontamination chamber where people can shower if they have been in a contaminated environment.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The irradiated vessels were towed to Hunters Point, and used as the material and hardware upon which scientists tested decontamination methods.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Industrial hemp—which tends to contain very little THC—has been used for over 10,000 years as a base material for things like ropes, clothes, construction materials, and soil decontamination.

From Slate • May 28, 2025

University of Delaware researchers have developed a method for mitigating the decontamination that tires release into the environment at the end of their lifespan.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Although a decontamination process could remove some of the radioactive isotopes from the water, it couldn’t clean all of it, so most of the wastewater was stored in tanks.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland