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What happens to water molecules when irradiated do they ionise if they dont get radioactive why not?
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Generally, water molecules when irradiated, do ionize into oxygen and hydrogen. There are hydrogen recombiners in the system to protect the reactor from the possibility of hydrogen explosions.
Generally, water does not become radioactive. It only ionizes. But, in the core of the reactor, where there is a heavy flux of neutrons, the oxygen atoms can "activate" into Nitrogen-16, which is highly radioactive, though with a very short half-life of about 7.13 seconds. This is why the steam tunnel of a BWR is highly shielded and quite long - giving the 16N a chance to decay.
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