Decontamination

Removing contamination from structures and components before or during dismantling.

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Decontamination and dismantling are different operations and the Korean terms 제염 and 해체작업 must not be used interchangeably. Decontamination removes contamination; dismantling removes the structure.

Chemical, mechanical, and electrochemical methods each generate their own secondary waste. The choice is usually a trade-off between worker dose and the volume of secondary waste produced.

SiteTypeShutdownStrategyStage
GB Sellafield (Calder Hall) Magnox 2003 Deferred dismantling Decontamination
FR Fessenheim PWR 2020 Immediate dismantling Decontamination
BE Doel 3 PWR 2022 Immediate dismantling Decontamination

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