And they have been created with end - of - life
decommissioning in mind — each ship being issued with a cradle - to - cradle passport documenting the material composition of the entire ship for efficient and comprehensive reuse and recycling.
Although there is a net trend toward dam
decommissioning in the United States, most of these removals have been small dams, and the global number of removals is more than offset by recent increases in dam construction (O'Connor et al. 2015).
Five smaller Japanese reactors - Genkai 1, Mihama 1 and 2, Shimane 1 and Tsuruga 1 - were declared for
decommissioning in mid-March 2015 following the introduction of an accounting - related system earlier that month to determine which units should not be restarted.
«Every robot needed differs according to its purpose and the damage,» says Tomohisa Ito, a spokesperson for the International Research Institute for Nuclear
Decommissioning in Tokyo, a consortium of nuclear plant companies that aims to develop new technologies for cleaning up the Fukushima plant.
If elected as MP for Leeds NW, I would certainly be arguing for Trident
decommissioning in that post-election review.
The carriage is from a 1967 Victoria Line train which was
decommissioned in 2009.
SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of oil and gas fields to be
decommissioned in the next decade across the Asia - Pacific region will create billions of dollars of opportunities for contractors, with a number of initiatives already under way.
It was
decommissioned in 1927.
It's scheduled for
decommission in 12 years to finally take its place among sunken space history.
The Galeville Military Airport was
decommissioned in 1994 when the US Department of Defense decided that the site was no longer needed.
For example, Blackpool's service was
decommissioned in June and the service in Kent is under threat.
Since tactical WE.177 free - fall bombs were
decommissioned in 1998, Trident has been the only nuclear weapon system that is operated by the UK.
October 2016 will mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the world's first civil nuclear energy power plant, which was located in northwest England at Calder Hall and
decommissioned in 2003.
Compton was
decommissioned in 2000, but a new European gamma - ray observatory called Integral is taking up the quest.
When the camp was
decommissioned in 1967, its infrastructure and waste were abandoned under the assumption they would be entombed forever by perpetual snowfall.
When Berkeley's Bevatron was
decommissioned in 1993, its concrete shielding went to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y..
Greenpeace has done a great public service by drawing attention to the millions of tonnes of concrete and steel soon to be
decommissioned in the North Sea, and by opening a public debate about what should happen to it.
Ohi 1 and 2 are the first reactors with capacities over 1000 MWe to be
decommissioned in Japan following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.
It's effectively a last hurrah for the K20 Type - R engine (
decommissioned in 2010 thanks to European emissions regulation) and all the changes here have been confined to the engine bay.
Constructed in 1880 and
decommissioned in 1957, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, also known as Terrible Tilly, still battles the waves from atop her rugged rock formation just off the Seaside and Cannon Beach coastline.
It was built in 1881 and erected on Wellfleet Harbor in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where it stood until the light station was
decommissioned in 1922.
It is the Historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, built in 1871 and
decommissioned in 1874.
The Lightstation was
decommissioned in 1994 and has now been replaced by a low powered solar light in front of the original tower which displays three white flashes every 18 seconds.
Canada's first commercial wind facility, the Cowley Ridge Wind Farm, was
decommissioned in 2016, 23 years after it began operations in southern Alberta in 1993.
(Reuters)-- China plans to take more than five million aging vehicles off the roads this year in a bid to improve air quality, with 330,000 cars set to be
decommissioned in Beijing alone, the government said in a policy document published on Monday.
I have to wonder if the data on VT is correct considering that VT Yankee was
decommissioned in 2014
Launched in 2011 in an effort to compete with the U.S. and Russia, the spacecraft was
decommissioned in 2016, and China notified the United Nations that it would likely break apart and fall to Earth sometime in 2017 or 2018.
Not exact matches
We were supposed to do the third series
in 2013/14, which they effectively
decommissioned,» he explained.
In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now
decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.
It's a pity the South Fremantle power station was allowed to be vandalised and fall into disrepair when it was
in mint condition when it was
decommissioned.
Guggenheim fellow and Detroit native Clemens was there for much of the year - long
decommissioning process, as workers stripped the plant's salvageable parts and carefully disassembled its press lines for shipping to booming factories
in Mexico and Brazil.
Her biggest diplomatic triumph came
in her decision to
decommission Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear plant, beginning
in 2024.
The bunker was
decommissioned after 30 years, and
in 2006, it was turned into a space that functions as a Cold War museum, karaoke bar, restaurant, wedding venue, and conference space under the same name.
Camp Hero, a
decommissioned base at the end of Long Island, was the site of rumored genetic and other experiments
in the 1960s - 1980s.
Many once - important facilities now sit dormant,
decommissioned years ago, now rusting
in the sun.
New employees at Virgin Trains learn about their jobs
in a real carriage that has been
decommissioned — it even includes a catering car and a train driver's cab.
The biggest of the three large sites is the Navy Yard, a
decommissioned military base that sprawls over some 1,200 city - owned acres along the Delaware River
in South Philadelphia.
«Falcon Heavy will carry more payload to orbit or escape velocity than any vehicle
in history, apart from the Saturn V moon rocket, which was
decommissioned after the Apollo program.
The sunken «living room» is lined with tables fashioned from reclaimed wood from a farm
in Arkansas, as well as a 12 - person communal table built from the tractor tread of a
decommissioned CAT Excavator,
in honor of the State of California's effort to reduce high emissions from old equipment.
This includes 1.5 trillion yen for development and another 1.5 trillion yen for acquiring around 100 of the jets,
in addition to costs such as maintenance and
decommissioning.
At the Armada field, which Shell had deemed non-strategic and had slated for
decommissioning, Chrysaor scrapped the abandonment plan and is finalising a $ US100 million investment
in drilling plus additional wells
in 2019 to prolong Armada's life for at least 10 years.
While said losing - of - data was only publicly revealed this week, it took place back
in 2016, when the Commonwealth Bank hired a subcontractor to destroy the backup tapes while
decommissioning a data center.
A recent report also forecasted that nearly 150 oil platforms
in the North Sea are scheduled to be
decommissioned by 2026, as one
in seven barrels there are produced at a loss, and around half of the 22 companies
in the area are currently operating with significant deficits.
Assist the Maintenance and System Manager
in the commissioning, repair and maintenance and
decommissioning of any utility and equipment as needed
The
decommissioning process is expected to resume
in late June and a future date for demolition has not been determined.
Holding off the
decommissioning process is an extraordinarily conservative approach being taken because there is nothing to gain
in the overall timeline by expediting demolition.
When the Doulos was
decommissioned at the end of 2009, he returned to the UK to work full - time
in Carlise, where he was married to Becky at the end of April 2011.
Cuomo is scheduled to be on Long Island today to announce the largest expansion of the state's artificial reef program with the addition of a mountain of material from the demolished Tappan Zee Bridge and
decommissioned vessels to be submerged
in waters around Long Island.
New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed expanding the Long Island Pine Barrens by 800 acres around the
decommissioned Shoreham nuclear power plant, but did not include saving a site
in Mastic where a developer wants to build a solar farm.
Anti-nuclear activists are blasting the state for agreeing to turn over about $ 1.5 billion it held
in nuclear plant
decommissioning funds to two energy companies.