The Radiolytic Gas Production Rate in Boiling Water Reactors

Chien C. Lin

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A23567

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Home / Publications / Journals / Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 99 / Number 4

The Radiolytic Gas Production Rate in Boiling Water Reactors

Chien C. Lin

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 99 / Number 4 / August 1988 / Pages 390-393

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A23567

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The radiolytic gas production rate in boiling water reactors has been reevaluated. The results of recent measurements of the dissolved gases in the main steam samples agree very well with the average production rate measured from the off-gas samples. The best estimate total gas (H₂ and O₂) production rate is 19.3 ± 0.06 cm³/s-MW(thermal)⁻¹, and the average O₂ content in steam is 17.5 ppm. The observed G(H₂) and G(O₂) values in the reactor core are estimated to be 0.24 and 0.12 molecule/100 eV, respectively.