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http://rdf.iit.demokritos.gr/2014/iaeaSafetyGlossary/id158
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nreo:canonicalLabel "decommissioning7" (en)
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skos:definition "1. Administrative and technical actions taken to allow the removal of <br/>
some or all of the 'regulatory controls' from a 'facility' (except for a 'repository' or <br/>for certain 'nuclear facilities 'used' 'for the 'disposal' of residues from the mining <br/>and processing of 'radioactive material', which are ‘closed’ and not <br/>‘decommissioned’).<br/>
<b>!</b> 'Decommissioning' typically includes dismantling of the 'facility' (or part <br/>
thereof), but in the IAEA’s usage this need not be the case. A facility could, <br/>for example, be 'decommissioned' without dismantling and the existing <br/>'structures' subsequently put to another use (after 'decontamination').<br/>The use of the term 'decommissioning' implies that no further use of the <i>facility<br/></i>(or part thereof) for its existing purpose is foreseen.<br/>'Decommissioning' actions are taken at the end of the 'operating lifetime' of a <br/>'facility' to retire it from service with due regard for the health and 'safety' of <br/>workers and 'members of the public' and the 'protection' of the environment. <br/>Subject to national legal and regulatory 'requirements', a 'facility' (or its <br/>remaining parts) may also be considered decommissioned if it is incorporated <br/>into a new or existing 'facility', or even if the site on which it is located is still <br/>under 'regulatory control' or 'institutional control'.<br/>The actions will need to be such as to ensure the long term 'protection' of the <br/>public and the environment, and typically include reducing the levels of residual <br/>radionuclides in the materials and on the site of the 'facility' so that the materials <br/>can be safely recycled, reused or disposed of as 'exempt waste' or as <i>radioactive <br/>waste</i> and the site can be released for 'unrestricted use' or otherwise reused.<br/>For a 'repository', the corresponding term is 'closure'.<br/>
2. [All steps leading to the release of a 'nuclear facility', other than a <br/>
'disposal facility', from 'regulatory control'. These steps include the 'processes' of <br/>'decontamination' and dismantling.] (From Ref. [5].)<br/>" (en)
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