decontamination

Example Sentences

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Decontamination work before the Tokyo Olympics meant to showcase Fukushima’s recovery led to the elimination of some no-go zones, but they remain in seven of 12 towns that had been fully or partially off-limits.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Decontamination work is being stepped up in the area and the town plans to lift the rest of the no-go zone in 2023.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2021

Decontamination and reuse of masks is not a new idea.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2020

Decontamination after a radiological attack may require sandblasting buildings, digging up asphalt and removing topsoil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decontamination was automatic, of course, but there would be literally hundreds of hot spots, each of which would have to be sought out and neutralized by hand.

From Subspace Survivors by Dongen, H. R. van