Ion exchanger:

Ion exchanger effectiveness decreases since the increased crud inventory consists of particulate and colloidal products both.  The ion exchanger is just about 90 percent effective as a filter, as compared to around 100 percent effectiveness as an ion exchanger, then effluent radioactivity levels increase through a greater proportion.  In addition, crud in the colloidal form has an even lower possibility of being erased through ion exchange or filtration than does particulate crud, or again the effluent radioactivity is raised.

Hydrogen and total gas react such as expected.  Since air holds primarily N₂ and O₂, the gas inventory within the system increases. Hydrogen levels decrease since of reactions along with both O₂ and N₂. Air also holds around 1% of ⁴⁰₁₈Ar through volume.  While huge amounts of air are added to the reactor coolant system, the ⁴⁰₁₈Ar becomes activated through the neutron flux in the core region and becomes radioactive within the form of ⁴¹₁₈Ar, causing an increase inside the gaseous activity of the reactor coolant.