Patent ID: 8414685

Claim:
A treatment system for at least partially removing dissolved gas from makeup water in a primary makeup water system in a water-cooled nuclear reactor, the primary makeup water system, comprising: a storage tank having a discharge, said storage tank containing the makeup water including the dissolved gas; a discharge line having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the discharge of the storage tank; and the treatment system, comprising: a membrane system having an inlet and an outlet, said membrane system positioned downstream of the discharge of the storage tank, wherein the discharge line transports a stream of the makeup water including dissolved gas from the discharge of the storage tank through the inlet of the membrane system to at least partially remove the dissolved gas from the stream of the makeup water to produce a stream of treated makeup water from the outlet of the membrane system; and a transport mechanism to transfer the stream of treated makeup water from the outlet of the membrane system into the water-cooled nuclear reactor.