Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 22, 2012

Japan’s PWRs to Be Outfitted With Hydrogen Recombiners

Industry/Regulatory/Political

• AREVA has announced a contractto provide all 23 of Japan’s pressurized water reactors with passive autocatalytic recombiners, which will help prevent hydrogen from building up in emergency situations. The company said it will install more than 100 of the devices, which work constantly to oxidize traces of hydrogen into steam catalytically. The devices are not dependent on external power or operator…