The phrase "a decommissioning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the process of taking something out of active service, such as a facility, equipment, or a nuclear reactor.
Example: "The company announced a decommissioning of the old power plant due to safety concerns."
Alternatives: "a shutdown" or "a retirement".
Even now, at the start of a decommissioning operation that is expected to last 40 years, the plant faces a shortage of workers qualified to manage the dangerous work that lies ahead.
While workers at the plant struggle to contain thousands of tonnes of radioactive water and begin a decommissioning operation expected to last decades, the government earlier this month lifted evacuation orders in three locations just outside the 12-mile no-go zone.
Decom North Sea is a decommissioning forum with more than 200 members, including operators and contractors.
A decommissioning plan should involve a comprehensive review of the feasibility of the safety measures, economics and so on.
Following a decommissioning ceremony at Cardiff city hall, her bell was removed and is now mounted in the north aisle of St John's Parish Church in Cardiff.
The cost will be covered by the $900 million that Exelon accumulated in a decommissioning fund.
"Tepco's financial base must be fundamentally strengthened if it is to pull off the clean-up from the nuclear disaster without a hitch, decommissioning the reactors and compensating victims swiftly and in earnest," Mr Edano said.
"Tepco's financial base must be fundamentally strengthened if it is to pull off the cleanup from the nuclear disaster without a hitch, decommissioning the reactors and compensating victims swiftly and in earnest," he said.
But republicans will not sign up to a programme of decommissioning until they see a new government up and running.
"A lot of decommissioning funds did take a hit at the nadir of the economic crisis," said Scott Burnell, a spokesman for the regulatory commission.
Decommissioning a reactor is a painstaking and expensive process that involves taking down huge structures and transporting the radioactive materials to the few sites around the country that can bury them.
