Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station
The Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station is a decommissioned nuclear power plant built by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in Herald, California.
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station
Rancho Seco nuclear power plant (2007)
Rancho Seco towers
The containment building with a part of the cooling tower
Nuclear decommissioning is the process leading to the irreversible complete or partial closure of a nuclear facility, usually a nuclear reactor, with the ultimate aim at termination of the operating licence. The process usually runs according to a decommissioning plan, including the whole or partial dismantling and decontamination of the facility, ideally resulting in restoration of the environment up to greenfield status. The decommissioning plan is fulfilled when the approved end state of the facility has been reached.
Graphic of a dry storage of spent nuclear fuel
The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-159 in decommissioning (before 2004)