### Question
What does decontamination and decommissioning mean?


### Answer
**Decontamination and decommissioning** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 2297*:

> those activities, other than response actions or corrective actions, undertaken to decontaminate and decommission inactive uranium enrichment facilities that have residual radioactive or mixed radioactive and hazardous chemical contamination, including depleted tailings

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2297*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 23-DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY > Division B-United States Enrichment Corporation > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

