Some theories of dissolved gas release from Tank 241-SY-101

This report explains the ammonia release data to an order of magnitude agreement by the combination of three mechanisms of release: (1) bubble transport, (2) permeation/diffusion through the upper layers of the waste, and (3) diffusion/evaporation from freshly exposed liquid surfaces. Bounded by these mechanisms, there is low danger of extremely high ammonia concentrations in the off gas. This condition would occur through some (unlikely) continuous replenishing of fresh liquid on the surface. This would not occur unless there were continuous energetic rollovers, which seem very unlikely given historical evidence, or by energetic mixing of the waste with more power than provided by the current mixing pump. Nitrous oxide is of low solubility in the waste and behaves similarly to hydrogen.