Decommissioning

Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from active status. Specific instances include:

Infrastructure
  • Decommissioned highway
  • Greenfield status of former industrial sites
  • Nuclear decommissioning of power plants
Military
  • Disarmament
  • Decommissioning in Northern Ireland of paramilitary weapons
  • Demobilization of soldiers
  • Ship-Submarine Recycling Program for U.S. nuclear vessels
Other
  • Ship decommissioning