decommission
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It will also administer and implement a process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites, depots of weapons, and tunnels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The roadmap lays out a process to decommission and store Hamas's heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels, to be implemented by NCAG.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The move would also mean suspending plans to decommission nuclear operations in Belgium.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Cembalest highlights research undertaken by JPMorgan that scrutinized the costs incurred to the German economy stemming from its decision to decommission its nuclear power plants after the Fukushima incident.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
One example: his threat to decommission a spacecraft that transports National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts to the International Space Station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Florida-based Holtec makes equipment to store nuclear waste and decommissions existing nuclear plants.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
"The volume of material is enormous compared to past decommissions."
From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2011
The company has decommissioned the tank involved in the incident, it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Earlier, a diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap "offers a balanced and pragmatic path forward, with all weapons decommissioned and a phased transition of responsibilities" to the new authorities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The first ever commercial wind farm on the island of Ireland - Bellacorrick in County Mayo - was decommissioned at the start of the year.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
In Homer City, Pa., a data-center complex is being built—complete with a natural-gas power plant—on the site of a decommissioned coal-fired power plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
A regular, nondescript conventional train that has probably been decommissioned, since California rail has gone high-speed.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
He said the deal takes "a step-by-step approach" meaning: "If there is verified decommissioning of weapons, that they are taken away from the factions and stored and ultimately rendered unusable, Israel then withdraws from Gaza."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
German utility company RWE, which is decommissioning the nuclear plants, invested in both startups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Continental Development executive Bob Tarnofsky said the team learned about “previously undisclosed higher decommissioning and demolition costs, a more complicated approval process, and greater environmental risk mitigation” after submitting the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
South Africa risks thousands of premature deaths if the phase-out of coal plants is delayed due to the government's updated decommissioning dates, climate rights groups said in a report Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Before decommissioning in November 1944, the Sea Cloud served on ocean weather stations off the coasts of Greenland, Newfoundland, and France.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
